Thinking Allowed

medical / technology / education / art / flub

Physicians reported less burnout and emotional exhaustion after receiving short-term professional coaching.

Physicians reported less burnout and emotional exhaustion after receiving short-term professional coaching, according to a pilot trial published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Counseling Reduces Physician Burnout Anita Slomski. JAMA. 2019;322(16):1544

This editorial in JAMA comments on the recent paper:

Liselotte N. Dyrbye, MD, MHPE; Tait D. Shanafelt, MD; Priscilla R. Gill, EdD; et al. Effect of a Professional Coaching Intervention on the Well-being and Distress of Physicians: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(10):1406-1414

"The results of this pilot randomized trial suggest that organizationally sponsored professional coaching for physicians can reduce emotional exhaustion, improve overall quality of life, and build resilience. This intervention adds to the growing literature of evidence-based approaches to promote physician well-being and should be considered a complementary strategy to be deployed in combination with other organizational approaches to improve system-level drivers of work-related stressors."

Source: jamanetwork.com

coaching exhaustion professional physicians burnout emotional jama pilot