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Behavioural Intervention

Popular-Opinion Leader-led workshops & conversations to encourage utilization of support resources for Help-Seeking Behavior (POL Trial)

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Waitlist Available
Led By Mickey T Trockel, MD, PhD
Research Sponsored by Stanford University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up study week 7, program usage report will be requested from wellconnect coordinator in october 2022
Awards & highlights

POL Trial Summary

This trial will test whether a physician popular opinion leader-led intervention can increase awareness and utilization of existing evidence-based coaching or therapy among clinical trainees.

Eligible Conditions
  • Workplace Culture
  • Help-Seeking Behavior
  • Social Stigma
  • Continuing Medical Education

POL Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~study week 7, program usage report will be requested from wellconnect coordinator in october 2022
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and study week 7, program usage report will be requested from wellconnect coordinator in october 2022 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Number of participants enrolled in WellConnect program
Secondary outcome measures
Response to standardized question from the National Comorbidity Survey ("Attitudes Regarding Help Seeking" item) from administratively collected institutional wellness survey data
Score in "Disclosure and Help-Seeking" Subscale of the Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Health Care Providers (from administratively collected institutional wellness survey data)
Self-Valuation Index Score (from administratively collected institutional wellness survey data)
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POL Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Popular-Opinion Leader-led workshops & conversations to encourage utilization of support resourcesExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Physicians identified by programwide Qualtrics survey item asking housestaff who in their program they respect and trust most, personally and professionally. Identified POLs were invited to join this health promotion effort as a POL to improve the culture of wellness and psychological safety among housestaff and encourage them to utilize resources at a time when they may benefit significantly. POLs were trained to endorse the benefits of mental health promotion coaching or therapy for residents training at Stanford.
Group II: Standard Training Program Curriculum and Access to Existing Support ResourcesActive Control1 Intervention
All residents and fellows continued to have the same access to coaching and psychotherapy resources available through Stanford WellConnect, along with other educational activities in their usual training.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Stanford UniversityLead Sponsor
2,393 Previous Clinical Trials
17,340,743 Total Patients Enrolled
The Physicians FoundationUNKNOWN
Mickey T Trockel, MD, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorStanford University

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Recent research and studies
Mayo Clinic ProceedingsJournal
Self-valuation
Trockel, Mickey T., Maryam S. Hamidi, Nikitha K. Menon, Susannah G. Rowe, Jessica C. Dudley, Miriam T. Stewart, Cory Z. Geisler, Bryan D. Bohman, and Tait D. Shanafelt. 2019. “Self-valuation”. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2019.04.040.
Mayo Clinic ProceedingsJournal
Suicidal Ideation and Attitudes Regarding Help Seeking in US Physicians Relative to the US Working Population
Shanafelt, Tait D., Lotte N. Dyrbye, Colin P. West, Christine Sinsky, Michael Tutty, Lindsey E. Carlasare, Hanhan Wang, and Mickey Trockel. 2021. “Suicidal Ideation and Attitudes Regarding Help Seeking in US Physicians Relative to the US Working Population”. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2021.01.033.
BMC PsychiatryJournal
The Development and Psychometric Properties of a New Scale to Measure Mental Illness Related Stigma by Health Care Providers: The Opening Minds Scale for Health Care Providers (OMS-HC)
Kassam, Aliya, Andriyka Papish, Geeta Modgill, and Scott Patten. 2012. “The Development and Psychometric Properties of a New Scale to Measure Mental Illness Related Stigma by Health Care Providers: The Opening Minds Scale for Health Care Providers (OMS-HC)”. BMC Psychiatry. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1186/1471-244x-12-62.
Academic PsychiatryJournal
A Brief Instrument to Assess Both Burnout and Professional Fulfillment in Physicians: Reliability and Validity, Including Correlation with Self-reported Medical Errors, in a Sample of Resident and Practicing Physicians
Trockel, Mickey, Bryan Bohman, Emi Lesure, Maryam S. Hamidi, Dana Welle, Laura Roberts, and Tait Shanafelt. 2017. “A Brief Instrument to Assess Both Burnout and Professional Fulfillment in Physicians: Reliability and Validity, Including Correlation with Self-reported Medical Errors, in a Sample of Resident and Practicing Physicians”. Academic Psychiatry. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1007/s40596-017-0849-3.
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