Coaching for Advanced Practice Providers

Emory University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Burnout, Professional

Treatments: Other: treatment as usual group (TAU); Behavioral: hybrid asynchronous-synchronous group coaching program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05938556

STUDY00005675

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to determine if online coaching is feasible in advanced practice providers (APP) and can impact burnout.

The study will recruit APPs from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA), Emory, Colorado University (CU), and their affiliate hospitals through online consent sent via email. Interventions will include online video coaching, written coaching, and self-coaching through self-study material.

Full description

The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of establishing a coaching program directed toward Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), to determine the generalizability of tools shown to relieve physician burnout in the population of APPs, and to advance research in the field of healthcare wellness.

The coaching group will have a curriculum of self-study modules, pre-recorded webinars, and worksheets. The coaching group will also have access to two live group calls per week as well as an online forum to receive anonymously written coaching. After four months, participants will be switched to the other group, so that each participant is exposed to treatment but at separate times. At the completion of each intervention time point, participants will fill out a post-study survey.

Enrollment: 319 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Advanced Practice Providers (nurse practitioners, physician assistants, certified midwife nurses, certified registered nurse anesthetists, anesthesiology assistants, and clinical nurse specialists) at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University, and CU and its affiliate hospitals.
• Pregnant women will be included in this population, though this inclusion is incidental.

Exclusion criteria

• adults unable to consent,
• individuals who are not adults,
• prisoners,
• cognitively impaired or individuals with impaired decision-making capacity and
• individuals who do not clearly understand English.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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319 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Group Coaching Program

Experimental group

Description:

The study intervention is a hybrid asynchronous-synchronous group coaching treatment that will occur over four months. Participants will be given access to a members-only, web-based platform to access the intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: hybrid asynchronous-synchronous group coaching program

Usual Treatment

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

This group will participate in the study intervention following a 4-month waitlist/control group.

Treatment:

Other: treatment as usual group (TAU)