Evaluating an Evidence-Based Intervention for Physician Burnout
Brown University
Summary
The goals of this randomized controlled trial are 1) to test the efficacy of an app-based program in reducing physician burnout vs. no app (control) in 100 physicians; 2) to explore the role of an online live training to augment outcomes and develop an ongoing and sustainable support community with a subsample of physicians.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Being a physician 2. Able to speak English because all study activities will be conducted in English. 3. 18+ years 4. Direct patient care Exclusion Criteria: 1\. If using psychotropic medication - not on a stable dosage at least 6 weeks
Interventions
- OtherApp-Delivered Mindfulness Training (MT).
The program is delivered via a smartphone-based platform, which includes 7 mindfulness-based modules of about 15 minutes of brief didactic and experience-based for two weeks
- OtherOnline Virtual Training
A sub-group of 25 participants, either from the both intervention or control group, the will receive a virtual online training delivered via zoom calls. It is a group session program which includes 4 mindfulness-based sessions of about 60 minutes of brief didactic and experience-based for four weeks.
Location
- Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island