Coaching Program to Address Burnout, Wellness and Professional Development in Early Career Pediatric Surgeons

NCT06193694 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Coaching RCT
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Coaching is a useful tool that uses positivity and goal directed behaviors to increase resiliency and reduce physician burnout. Objectives: Based on the principles of positive psychology, the objectives of the study are to improve early career pediatric surgeon (as defined by years 1-3 out of training) well- being, workplace satisfaction, decrease burnout and improve resiliency of both the coaches and early career pediatric surgeons.

Conditions

Well-Being, Psychological; Surgical Residents; Burnout, Professional

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Examine the Impact of the Coaching Relationship in early career Pediatric Surgeons on well-being and burnout compared to non-coached controls.

  All participants were asked to complete pre/post surveys using elements from validated measures: PERMA-profiler (5-pt Likert, {1-5}, 14 items, range 14-70. Score: Average of items comprising each; Professional Fulfillment Index (professional fulfillment in physicians, 5-point Likert {0-4}, 6 items, range 0-4) Burnout (5-point Likert {0-4}, 10 items, range 0-4); Scoring: Average of all items within each scale; Self-Valuation Scale (Prioritization: Personal well-being/ability to adopt a growth mindset, 5-point Likert {0-4}, 4 items, range 0-16); Gratitude Scale (7-point Likert {1-7}, 2 items, range 2-14); Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale emotional/cognitive/behavioral reactions to ambiguous situations; 5-point Likert {1-5}, 12 items, range 12-60); Dispositional Resilience Scale (hardiness, 4-point Likert {0-3}, 15 items, range 0-45), score: Sum of respective items; Measure of Current Status (Ability to deal with stress, 5-point Likert {0-4}, 3 items, range 0-12).

  1 year

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Impact of Coaching on professional fulfillment

  1 year

• Effectiveness of coaching relationship among peers

  1 year

• Effectiveness of coaching relationship on well-being and professional fulfillment

  1 year

Study Arms (2)

Receive wellness materials

NO INTERVENTION

Control group - 50% of the study early career pediatric surgeon population will be randomized to the control group in a 1:1 manner after baseline burnout data is obtained. 33% of the coaches who volunteer will also be randomized to a control group in a 1:2 manner after baseline burnout data is obtained.

Formal Coaching

EXPERIMENTAL

Study group - 50% of the study population will be randomized to the intervention or coaching group in a 1:1 manner after baseline burnout data is obtained. Similarly, 67% of the coaches who volunteer will be randomized to the intervention or coaching group in a 2:1 manner after baseline burnout data is obtained.

Behavioral: Coaching

Interventions

Coaching BEHAVIORAL

Formal coaching program followed by the Coaching Fidelity Tool, to be taken by the study group after program completion contains 12 questions, predominantly multiple choice and yes/no, although there is one question that requires a short answer as well as a place to write additional comments. These questions are meant to elicit responses about their experience with their assigned coach during their one-on-one coaching sessions.

Formal Coaching

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• \. APSA members in good standing 6 or more years out of training who have participated in coaching through the APSA Trainee coaching project with interest in coaching who attend full online or in person training session in May of 2022.
• \. North American early career pediatric surgeons who are interested in receiving coaching.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Memorial Healthcare System: lead
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center: collaborator
• Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM): collaborator
• University of Miami: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Memorial Healthcare System

Hollywood, Florida, 33021, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being; Burnout, Professional

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Design

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

Model Details: Early career pediatric surgeons will be randomized, in a 1:1 fashion to either receive wellness materials or formal coaching as described above. Randomization will occur after coaches are identified and have completed training in a 2:1 fashion to either participate as coaches or receive wellness materials.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 8, 2023
• First Posted: January 5, 2024
• Study Start: February 11, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2023
• Study Completion: December 4, 2023
• Last Updated: January 5, 2024

Record last verified: 2023-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)