The Impact of a Novel Coaching Program on Medical Errors and Well-Being of Physicians

NCT ID: NCT05557981

Last Updated: 2024-02-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 332 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-08-10
• Study Completion Date: 2023-12-31

Brief Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial with a mixed method design to determine the impact of coaching on self-perceived medical errors, burnout, and resilience. The study team developed a novel coaching curriculum based in principles of positive psychology and self-reflection with the hypothesis that the coaching intervention will lead to decreased medical errors, decreased burnout, and increased resilience in trainee and faculty participants. Resident and fellow trainees as well as faculty members were recruited across departments and randomized to coaching or control. Faculty in the coaching arm were trained in coaching techniques and paired with a trainee coachee. Survey results as well as focus groups will be used to analyze the impact of the coaching program as compared to standard mentorship (control).

Conditions

Burnout; Adverse Event; Medical Education

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Trainees - treatment

Residents and fellows paired with a faculty coach from the "faculty - treatment" arm to participate in up to 4 coaching meetings

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Coaching

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

A novel coaching curriculum based in positive psychology with an emphasis on self-reflection, goal setting and adverse event processing.

Trainees - control

Residents and fellows randomized to the control arm. They are not paired with a faculty coach and instead continue to receive standard mentorship as part of their training program.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Faculty - treatment

Faculty members randomized to receive coaching training and are paired with a resident/fellow from the "trainees - treatment" arm to conduct up to 4 coaching sessions over the course of the academic year.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Coaching

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

A novel coaching curriculum based in positive psychology with an emphasis on self-reflection, goal setting and adverse event processing.

Faculty - control

Faculty members randomized to control arm. They are not paired with a trainee from this study and instead continue to provide mentorship as they typically would, as part of their role at an academic medical center

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Coaching

A novel coaching curriculum based in positive psychology with an emphasis on self-reflection, goal setting and adverse event processing.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Residents and fellows in a training program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC)
• faculty members at BIDMC

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Harvard Risk Management Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ritika S. Parris

Primary care physician, Director of Wellness for GME

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Ritika Parris, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Locations

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

2021P000482

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id