Burn Out
Conditions
Brief summary
The prevalence of burnout symptoms among physicians is high, especially for acute care physicians. Physician burn out is a long-term stress reaction marked by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a lack of sense of personal accomplishment. The healthcare environment, due to its demanding pace and emotional intensity, puts physicians at high risk for burnout.
Detailed description
Physician-Led Professional Coaching is a one-on-one intervention between a physician coach and an individual physician that is systematic, collaborative, future-focused, goal-oriented and is meant to help coaches attain valued professional or personal development. The trial will be conducted with 25 participants in an intervention cohort and 25 participants in a control. The intervention cohort will receive 6 individual coaching sessions over 6 months. Coaching sessions will use the CHEER acronym for conducting the coaching sessions: Celebrate, Hear, Executive coaching, Engage, and Recharge. The control group will be eligible for coaching sessions after the completing of the interventional arm. Physicians randomized to the control arm will be offered the same individualized coaching sessions as those that were in the intervention group. Te Maslach Burnout Inventory survey will be used to measure burnout and will be collected at baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 9 months. The physician coach will be blinded to all survey data as it is being collected.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPhysician Led Professional Coaching
This is a one-on-one intervention between a physician coach and an individual physician. This is meant to help coaches attain valued professional or personal development.
BEHAVIORALDelayed Physician Led Professional Coaching
This intervention will include professional one-on-one professional coaching delayed from the active comparator group.
Sponsors
Geisinger Clinic
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 89 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Geisinger Physician * Practicing medicine at least 6 months in the Geisinger system
Exclusion criteria
* Currently seeking professional coaching sessions * Planning to leave the Geisinger system within 1 year
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in burnout as measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory | 9 months | Providers will be asked to complete Maslach Burnout Inventory surveys at specific times during the coaching intervention. The surveys are based on a score of 0 (never) to 6 (every day) and used to determine if there is a reduction in provider burnout. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in work environment factors contributing to burnout by Areas of Work life Survey | 9 months | Providers will be asked to complete Areas of Work life surveys at specific times during the coaching intervention. The surveys are based on a score of 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 5 (Strongly Agree) and used to determine if there is a reduction in provider workload. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORPrasanna Tadi, MD
Geisinger Clinic
Outcome results
None listed