Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Manualized Reflective Writing Program for Clinical Phase Physician Assistant (PA) Students.

NCT06000488 | Withdrawn

• 1 other identifier: 2000035615
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The following will be an open label controlled efficacy trial of the effects of longitudinal participation in an existing reflective writing program for medical students on burnout in physician assistant students.

Conditions

Burn Out; Student Burnout; Physician Assistant Student Burnout

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in total burnout score over time as measured by the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI)

  The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) is a well-validated 19-item questionnaire used to measure burnout in different groups (e.g. employees, medical trainees, students) across three domains (personal, work, and client/customer). Total scores range from 0 to 100. Higher scores are associated with greater levels of burnout.

  baseline (week 0), and weeks 4,12, and 26

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Attitudes and mediators of behavioral change assessed by self report

  week 26

Study Arms (2)

Control

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention

Reflective Writing Workshop Sessions (RWW)

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will participate in three 75-minute RWW sessions scheduled to take place after students finish their 1st, 3rd, and 5th clinical rotations during the study period. reflective writing workshops

Behavioral: Reflective Writing Workshop Sessions

Interventions

Reflective Writing Workshop Sessions BEHAVIORAL

Three workshops of 75 minutes. Trained PA and/or MD student facilitators will then use prepared materials to guide each group through a series of prompts, each eliciting written reflections of varying lengths. While all participants are encouraged to reflect, write, and share their responses, participation at all levels remains optional.

Reflective Writing Workshop Sessions (RWW)

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• able to offer consent
• able to speak and read English.
• must be a student in Yale Physician Associate Program Class of 2024

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Yale University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Burnout, Psychological

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Mathew Chiang

  Yale University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: The study sample will consist of clinical-phase PA students enrolled in the Yale Physician Associate Program Class of 2024.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 11, 2023
• First Posted: August 21, 2023
• Study Start: January 1, 2025
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2026
• Study Completion: January 1, 2026
• Last Updated: September 2, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)