Compassion-Centered Spiritual Health Interventions for Teams (CCSH-TI) With Faculty and Staff
Emory University
Summary
Emory Spiritual Health has developed a Compassion-Centered Spiritual Health group-based intervention, called CCSH Interventions for Teams, and are enrolling staff and providers into the groups in this randomized study design. The groups will meet once every other week for 60 minutes for 8 weeks (4 sessions total). The investigators will evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of this novel team-based intervention that includes mindfulness and compassion-based approaches with mixed-role oncology teams. Employees (n = 80; nurses, advanced practice providers (APPs), physicians, staff) working at an NCI- designated Comprehensive Cancer Center will be randomized by team (8-12 employees/group) to Compassion Centered Spiritual Health Team Intervention (CCSH-TI) or TAU (Treatment as Usual) group. The research objective is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of CCSH-TI, and to develop and validate a novel, low-burden ambulatory assessment "toolkit" to improve the measurement of psychological safety and burnout.
Description
Current interventions to reduce provider burnout are only minimally effective. To overcome the barriers to achieving success in burnout prevention interventions, the investigators propose Compassion Centered Spiritual Health Team Intervention (CCSH-TI), a 4-session intervention delivered by healthcare chaplains to mixed-role interprofessional teams that includes mindfulness and compassion-based approaches to bolster resilience, compassion for self and others, and psychological safety. The research team will conduct a mixed-method feasibility and acceptability study of CCSH-TI with mixed-role o…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Full-time employees working in oncology teams at Winship Cancer Institute; * Employees working in intensive care at Emory University St. Joseph hospital. Exclusion Criteria: * Less than 18 years old
Interventions
- BehavioralCompassion Centered Spiritual Health Team Intervention (CCSH-TI)
Delivered to healthcare teams by spiritual health clinicians proficient in group facilitation. It is composed of 4 sessions delivered every other week and lasting 60 minutes each. CCSH-TI sessions teach participants to attune to their interpersonal relationships; acknowledge and allow difficult emotions; and access compassion. It also provides psychoeducation about skillful coping strategies. Each session consists of didactic material about team norms and safety, a feeling check-in, facilitated group discussions about social connection and professional team building, and meditations to promote mindfulness, to cultivate a feeling of being nurtured, and to access compassion for self and others. CCSH-TI is delivered to healthcare teams by spiritual health clinicians proficient in group facilitation.
- BehavioralTreatment as Usual
TAU refers to the current buffet of wellness and professional development activities that are available to employees at the Winship Cancer Institute.
Locations (2)
- Emory Winship Cancer InstituteAtlanta, Georgia
- Emory University St. Joseph hospitalAtlanta, Georgia