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

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Burn Out
• Interventions: Behavioral: Delayed Physician Led Professional Coaching; Behavioral: Physician Led Professional Coaching

• Registration Number: NCT05251675
• Lead Sponsor: Geisinger Clinic

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.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-02-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-02-14
• Study First Posted: 2022-02-23
• Study Start: 2022-06-22
• Primary Completion: 2023-06-14
• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-16
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-18
• Study Completion: 2024-06-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Geisinger Physician
• Practicing medicine at least 6 months in the Geisinger system

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Exclusion Criteria

• Currently seeking professional coaching sessions
• Planning to leave the Geisinger system within 1 year

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Non-Coached Group	Delayed Physician Led Professional Coaching	This arm will not receive physician led coaching until after the Coaching Group is finished with their coaching.
Coaching Group	Physician Led Professional Coaching	This arm will receive physician led coaching during the first 6 months of the study.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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 Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Geisinger; 🇺🇸 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States