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ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2025

Professional Coaching to Reduce Physician Burnout: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Joshua Khalili, Karen Miotto, Tisha Wang, John N Mafi, Elizabeth Kyababchyan, Jesse Sanford, David Elashoff, Jenny Brook, Yetunde Adebambo, Paige-Ashley I Smith and 2 more

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Article in Journal of general internal medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05583435 (Decreasing Physician Burnout With Professional Coaching), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Decreasing Physician Burnout With Professional Coaching

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of California, Los AngelesRan2023 to 2024Enrolled79ConditionsBurnout, ProfessionalArmsOne-on-one professional coaching, Small-group professional coaching
3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Coaching the Caregivers: A Burnout Intervention for Military Physicians and Medical Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
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12 authors.

Joshua KhaliliDepartment of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. jkhalili@mednet.ucla.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-3559-4332
Karen MiottoDepartment of Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Tisha WangDepartment of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
John N MafiDivision of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Elizabeth KyababchyanUniversity of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Jesse SanfordUniversity of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
David ElashoffDivision of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Jenny BrookStatistics Core, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Yetunde AdebamboStatistics Core, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Paige-Ashley I SmithStatistics Core, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Emma NguyenUniversity of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Sun M YooDepartment of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPhysician burnout is a public health crisis. While one-on-one professional coaching reduces physician burnout, its costs may limit widespread use. Small group professional coaching could offer a more scalable solution, but its effects on attending physician burnout remain unknown.

objectiveTo determine the effects of small group and one-on-one professional coaching to decrease physician burnout and improve work life, work engagement, self-efficacy, and social support.

designA randomized, three-arm, waitlist-controlled trial from March 2, 2023 to April 13, 2024.

participants79 Internal Medicine faculty attending physicians.

interventionsSix, one-hour, virtual one-on-one or small group professional coaching sessions rooted in positive psychological theory within 4 months. MAIN MEASURES: The primary outcome was overall burnout, measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Secondary outcomes included MBI subscale measures, Areas of Worklife (workload, control, rewards, community, fairness, and values), work engagement (vigor, dedication, absorption), self-efficacy and social support, evaluated by validated measures. Outcomes were also evaluated 6 months post-intervention. KEY

resultsSmall group and one-on-one coaching intervention participants experienced a 29.6% and 13.4% absolute reduction in the rate of burnout respectively, compared with an 11.1% increase among control physicians (difference-in-differences, -40.7% [95% CI, -71.3%, -10.1%], P = 0.01 and -25.0% [95% CI, -53%, 3%], P = 0.09, respectively). There was no significant difference in burnout reduction between small group vs one-on-one interventions (-15.9% [95% CI, -41.7%, 9.9%], P = 0.22). After 6 months, burnout remained stable in the small group intervention and continued to decrease in the one-on-one group, both without further intervention.

conclusionsIn this randomized clinical trial, small group professional coaching decreased physician burnout though no statistically significant effect was detected in the one-on-one coaching arm. Small group coaching may offer a less costly and nationally scalable approach to address the physician burnout crisis. Replication of these methods are warranted in a larger, multi-centered randomized trial. CLINICAL

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT05583435.

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BurnoutProfessional coachingProvider wellbeingRandomized control trial

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PMID40643743

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