Effect of Coaching on Mid-Career Physician Well-Being, Job Satisfaction, and Fulfillment

December 10, 2018 updated by: Liselotte (Lotte) N. Dyrbye, Mayo Clinic

RCT: Effect of Coaching on Mid-Career Physician Well-Being, Job Satisfaction, and Fulfillment

The study will assess the effect of individualized professional coaching for mid-career family medicine and general internal medicine physicians on burnout, job satisfaction, and professional fulfillment.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

87

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Arizona
      • Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259
        • Mayo Clinic in Arizona
    • Florida
      • Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32224
        • Mayo Clinic in Florida
    • Minnesota
      • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
        • Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

25 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria

  1. General internal medicine and family physicians
  2. In practice for 5-30 years

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. physicians who specialize in areas other than general internal medicine and family medicine
  2. physicians who have been in practice less than 5 years or more than 30 years

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Immediate Coaching Intervention
Immediate Coaching Intervention arm will receive professional coaching
Behavioral: Professional Coaching
Professional, individualized coaching
Active Comparator: Control/Delayed Coaching Intervention
Participants randomized to the Control/Delayed Coaching will receive no intervention for the first six months of the study, at which point they cross over and receive 6 professional coaching sessions
Behavioral: Professional Coaching
Professional, individualized coaching

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Change in Maslach Burnout Inventory score
Time Frame: 6 month
6 month
Change in Physician Job Satisfaction Scale score
Time Frame: 6 month
6 month
change in Empowerment at Work Scale score
Time Frame: 6 month
6 month
change in Utrecht Work Engagement score
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Change in Maslach Burnout Inventory score
Time Frame: 12 month
12 month
Change in Physician Job Satisfaction Scale score
Time Frame: 12 months
12 months
change in Empowerment at Work Scale score
Time Frame: 12 months
12 months
change in Utrecht Work Engagement score
Time Frame: 12 months
12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Liselotte N Dyrbye, Mayo Clinic

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

July 18, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 30, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

April 30, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 29, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 30, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

July 5, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

December 11, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 10, 2018

Last Verified

December 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 17-003910

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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