Celebrate Hearing Executive Coaching Engagement Recharge

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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
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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.

Official Title
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Effect of Physician Peer Coaching on Burnout in Hospital-Based Physicians: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial

Conditions
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Burn Out

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Physician Led Professional Coaching
* Behavioral: Delayed Physician Led Professional Coaching


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 89 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: Coaching Group<br>This arm will receive physician led coaching during the first 6 months of the study. | Behavioral: Physician Led Professional Coaching<br>* 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.<br>|
| Placebo Comparator: Non-Coached Group<br>This arm will not receive physician led coaching until after the Coaching Group is finished with their coaching. | Behavioral: Delayed Physician Led Professional Coaching<br>* This intervention will include professional one-on-one professional coaching delayed from the active comparator group.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Number of Physician Led Coaching Sessions Completed | The physician coach will provide coaching sessions to providers. These sessions will be completed at specific timeframe. The physician coach will measure the compliance of providers as the coaching sessions are completed. The compliance will be assessed using the number of sessions that are completed. | 6 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in Provider Burnout | 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. | 9 months |