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Palliative care-led weekly debriefs in the medical Intensive Care Unit: a novel intervention to improve resident wellbeing.

Kamya Bijawat, Kristin Schwab Jensen, Patrick Holman, Gregory Stone, Russell G Buhr, Sarah Jensen

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Kamya BijawatDepartment of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Kristin Schwab JensenDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Patrick HolmanDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Gregory StoneDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Russell G BuhrDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6159-7435
Sarah JensenDivision of General Internal Medicine, Palliative Care, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.

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NHLBI NIH HHS L30 HL134025NHLBI NIH HHS L30HL134025NIH HHS
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Abstract

backgroundResident physicians have high rates of burnout, particularly in the medical intensive care unit (MICU) given its high acuity, rigor, and census. However, there have been limited interventions to address burnout/coping of residents in the MICU.

objectivesWe aimed to evaluate resident perspectives on emotional burnout and coping before and after the launch of a palliative care-led debrief pilot in the MICU of our academic medical center.

methodsParticipants in the pre- and post-intervention phases included Internal Medicine (IM) and Medicine-Pediatrics (MP) residents during the 2022-2023 (pre) and 2023-2024 (post) academic years who were surveyed on self-reported burnout and coping. Participants in the intervention phase included IM and MP residents who rotated in our MICU between April 2023 and April 2024 and attended the debriefs.

resultsForty-eight (24%) residents participated in the pre-intervention survey, and 61 (31%) participated in the post-intervention survey. Pre-intervention, residents reported emotional burnout as 3.67 (on a scale from 1 = low to 5 = high burnout) and emotional coping as 3.48 (on a scale from 1 = lower to 5 = higher ability to cope) in the MICU, compared to 3.58 (P = .67) and 3.66 (P = .24), respectively, post-intervention. Thirty-five (66%) respondents who had rotated in the MICU during the intervention participated in the sessions, attending 1 (57%), 2 (23%), or 3+ (20%) sessions. 28 (93%) agreed or strongly agreed that the debriefs were useful/helpful.

conclusionsResident emotional burnout and coping showed a possible trend toward improvement, though this was not statistically significant and longer-term studies are needed. These debriefs were feasible and valued by trainees.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalBurnout, ProfessionalIntensive Care UnitsInternship and ResidencyPalliative CarePhysiciansAdultCoping SkillsFemaleHumansInternal MedicineMaleSurveys and Questionnairesburnoutdebriefingresidencywellness

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PMID41955286
PMCPMC13519346

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