Burnout Preventions, Professionalism Heightening, and Enhancing Resiliency (BUPHER)

NCT02963792 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: TASMC-16-GL-0426-CTIL
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,000
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Due to their difficult and stressful work surgeons are under continuous physical and mental stress exposing them to increased risk for burnout and lack of professionalism. The present intervention focuses on providing time and a safe space to debrief and explore personal and group experiences and dilemmas, as well as acquire coping skills related to burnout, communication and professionalism.

Conditions

Professional-Patient Relations; Burnout, Professional

Keywords

Professionalism; Burnout prevention; Resiliency; Student education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Professionalism Culture Scale

  12 item scale developed by the American Board of Internal Medicine, by (DeLisa, Foye, Jain, Kirshblum, \& Christodoulou, 2001

  Change (increase) from baseline to short and long term measurements (after one year, 3 years, respectively)

• Abbreviated Burnout Scale

  Nine item scale focused on 3 burnout factors (Iverson, Olekalns \& Erwin, 1998)

  Change (decrease) from baseline to short and long term measurements (after one year, 3 years, respectively)

Secondary Outcomes (16)

• Adapted Professionalism Mini-Evaluation Scale Exercise scale

  Change (increase) from baseline to short and long term measurements (after one year, 3 years, respectively)

• Cynicism in Medicine Questionnaire (CMQ)

  Change (decrease) from baseline to short and long term measurements (after one year, 3 years, respectively)

• Moral & Cognitive Courage Scale

  Change (increase) from baseline to short and long term measurements (after one year, 3 years, respectively)

• Jefferson Health Professionals Empathy Scale

  Change (increase) from baseline to short and long term measurements (after one year, 3 years, respectively)

• The Areas of Work life Scale (AWS)

  Change (increase in balance) from baseline to short and long term measurements (after one year, 3 years, respectively)

Study Arms (2)

Structured group intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental: Structured group intervention a 'structured' intervention, leaning mostly on tools designed to prevent burnout and promote resilience, including predetermined exercises and topics as discussion goals in each meeting. Fidelity will be checked and monitored at the end of each meeting, when facilitators fill out a form that summarizes the content, topics and coping skills acquired in each session.

Other: Preventing Professionals burnout

Semi-Structured group intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental: Semi-Structured group intervention a 'semi-structured' intervention, based on tools for developing an emotional discourse, building a supporting team and self reflection. The 'semi-structured' intervention offers predetermined contents that are discussed through the stories and needs presented by group members. Fidelity will be checked and monitored at the end of each meeting, when facilitators fill out a form that summarizes the content, topics and coping skills acquired in each session.

Other: Preventing Professionals burnout

Interventions

Preventing Professionals burnout OTHER

Also known as: Enhancing professional professional conduct

Semi-Structured group intervention; Structured group intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All physicians (residents and experts) of the Surgical Division at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
• All medical students studying at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, and attending a surgery round at the Surgical Division at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
• Patients (and/or family members) in the Surgical Division at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center following their surgery.

You may not qualify if:

• The research will not include children and/or judgment-impaired patients;
• non-Hebrew speaking patients;
• ventilated patients;
• patients in surgical intensive care;
• patients medically defined as suffering from clouding of conscious or delirium;
• subjects who decided to stop their participation in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• michal roll: lead
• Association for Children at Risk: collaborator
• Tel Aviv University: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Burnout, Professional

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Occupational Stress; Occupational Diseases; Burnout, Psychological; Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Central Study Contacts

Orit Karnieli-Miller, PhD

CONTACT

+972502060619; oritkm@gmail.com

Nathaniel Laor, MD; PhD

CONTACT

+972546441354; nlaor@me.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal of the department of surgery and the unit of surgical oncology

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 4, 2016
• First Posted: November 15, 2016
• Study Start: November 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2019
• Study Completion: September 1, 2020
• Last Updated: November 15, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share