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Behavioral Intervention

Reflective Writing Workshops for Student Burnout

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Waitlist Available
Led By Mathew Chiang
Research Sponsored by Yale University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline (week 0), and weeks 4,12, and 26
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Study Summary

This trial will study if a reflective writing program can reduce burnout in physician assistant students.

Who is the study for?
This trial is for students in the Yale Physician Associate Program Class of 2024 who can consent, speak, and read English. It's designed to help those experiencing burnout—a state of physical or emotional exhaustion often involving a sense of reduced accomplishment and loss of personal identity.Check my eligibility
What is being tested?
The study is testing whether participating in reflective writing workshops can reduce feelings of burnout among physician assistant students. These sessions are part of an existing program aimed at medical students, now being evaluated for PA students.See study design
What are the potential side effects?
Since this intervention involves reflective writing exercises rather than medical treatments, traditional side effects like you'd see with medications aren't expected. Participants may experience emotional discomfort when reflecting on stressful experiences.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline (week 0), and weeks 4,12, and 26
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline (week 0), and weeks 4,12, and 26 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Change in total burnout score over time as measured by the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI)
Secondary outcome measures
Attitudes and mediators of behavioral change assessed by self report

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Reflective Writing Workshop Sessions (RWW)Experimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants will participate in three 75-minute RWW sessions scheduled to take place after students finish their 1st, 3rd, and 5th clinical rotations during the study period. reflective writing workshops
Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention
No intervention

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Yale UniversityLead Sponsor
1,847 Previous Clinical Trials
2,736,493 Total Patients Enrolled
Mathew ChiangPrincipal InvestigatorYale University

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is recruitment for this trial ongoing?

"According to clinicaltrials.gov, this study is not currently accepting applications as the trial's post date was September 1st 2023 and its last edit occurred on August 29th 2023. Nonetheless, 44 other medical experiments are actively recruiting participants presently."

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Manualized Reflective Writing Program for Clinical Phase Physician Assistant (PA) Students.
2024. "Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Manualized Reflective Writing Program for Clinical Phase Physician Assistant (PA) Students.". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06000488.
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