Leadership Training Affect Physician Career Satisfaction

March 18, 2026 updated by: Methodist Health System

Does Leadership Training Affect Physician Career Satisfaction?

The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of organizational interventions for physician development on wellbeing, and investigate wellbeing and other characteristics of physicians with and without formal leadership roles.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

  1. Compare the incidence of job satisfaction, stress, and burnout overall between physicians who have undergone some sort of leadership training and those who have not.
  2. Compare the incidence of job satisfaction, stress, and burnout overall between physicians with and without formal leadership roles.
  3. Determine additional factors associated with job satisfaction, stress, and burnout levels.
  4. Evaluate intrinsic and extrinsic motivating factors associated with physicians currently in formal leadership roles and those interested in pursuing formal leadership roles in the future.
  5. Determine whether more satisfied physicians seek leadership roles or whether seeking leadership roles leads to greater satisfaction.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

200

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 Contact

  • Name: Bethany Brauer
  • Phone Number: 74681 214-947-4681
  • Email: mhsirb@mhd.com

Study Contact Backup

  • Name: Colette N Ndjom
  • Phone Number: 71289 214-947-1289
  • Email: mhsirb@mhd.com

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Texas
      • Dallas, Texas, United States, 75203
        • Recruiting
        • Clinical Research Institute at Methodist Health System
        • Contact:
          • Colette N Ndjom
          • Phone Number: 71289 214-947-1289
          • Email: mhsirb@mhd.com
        • Contact:
          • Kavya V Mankulangara
          • Phone Number: 214-947-4604
          • Email: mhsirb@mhd.com

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age: ≥18 years
  • Be a current licensed physician practicing at Methodist Health System( MHS )
  • Literate in English
  • Able and willing to provide consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • <18 years of age
  • Not a current licensed physician at MHS
  • Illiterate in English
  • Unable or unwilling to provide consent

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: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Physicians in Methodist Health System (MHS)
All Current physicians who are older than 18 years of age who are literate in English
Other: evaluate the impact of organizational interventions for physician development on wellbeing
There is an increasing demand for healthcare organizations and hospitals to address factors contributing to stress and burnout as well as provide effective solutions at an organizational level

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of incidence
Time Frame: 3 weeks
Compare the incidence of job satisfaction, stress, and burnout overall between physicians who have undergone some sort of leadership training and those who have not.
3 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Methodist Health System

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)

December 1, 2023

Primary Completion (Estimated)

December 1, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 1, 2028

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 16, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 16, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

January 24, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 20, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 18, 2026

Last Verified

January 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 042.MBSI.2023.D

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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