Trial to Assess Best Methods for Engaging Academic Physicians in Grateful Patient Philanthropy

Johns Hopkins University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physician's Role

Treatments: Behavioral: education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01328977

NA_00029824

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study attempted to identify the best method for educating and engaging academic physicians in grateful patient philanthropy.

Full description

In this small trial assessing the impact of educational methodologies, we are looking to determine which of the following 3 approaches will be most successful in engaging academic physicians in grateful patient philanthropy;

• email advice
• didactic session led by experts
• one-on-one coaching by development professionals

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• academic physicians

Exclusion criteria

• having secured grateful patient philanthropy in past

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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45 participants in 3 patient groups

emails, book

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: education

didactic teaching from experts

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: education

personal coaching by development profs

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: education