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Provider-Patient Communication Coaching

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Duke University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Communication
Provider Burnout

Treatments

Behavioral: Communication coaching

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02783742
Pro00072714

Details and patient eligibility

About

To examine the effect of a coaching intervention on provider burnout and communication

Full description

The investigator will recruit providers at Duke University and randomly assign them to receive (1) a communication coaching intervention or (2) a waitlist intervention. The investigator will survey all providers at Baseline and Follow Up. Providers randomized to the intervention arm will attend face-to-face meetings with study coaches, and have some of their encounters with patients shadowed by a coach or audio recorded. Providers will obtain verbal consent from patients to participate in the study (i.e. have their encounter shadowed or audio recorded). Providers will then be provided feedback by coaches on their communication during these encounters. Providers randomized to the waitlist intervention arm will be offered the option of receiving this intervention after they complete the follow up survey.

Enrollment

859 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Providers and patients at Duke University Medical Center

Exclusion criteria

  • Younger than 18
  • non-English speaking

Trial design

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

859 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention
Experimental group
Description:
Providers in this arm will receive a communication coaching intervention immediately post-randomization.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Communication coaching
Waitlist Control
Other group
Description:
Providers assigned to this arm will be offered the option of receiving the communication coaching intervention after follow up data collection is complete.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Communication coaching

Trial contacts and locations

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