Proactive Coaching in General Surgery Internship: Incorporating Well-being Practices into Resident Professional Life.

Autor: Awadallah NS; Department of Family Medicine; Department of Graduate Medical Education; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado. Electronic address: nida.awadallah@cuanschutz.edu., Jones TS; Department of Graduate Medical Education; Department of General Surgery; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado., Christian N; Department of General Surgery; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado., Fainstad T; Department of Internal Medicine; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado., Nyquist J; Department of Medical Education; University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California., Schreiber J; Department of Medical Education; University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California., Fung CC; Department of Medical Education; University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California., Rumack CM; Department of Graduate Medical Education; Department of Radiology; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado., Nehler M; Department of General Surgery; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado., Jaiswal KR; Department of General Surgery; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of surgical education [J Surg Educ] 2023 Feb; Vol. 80 (2), pp. 177-184. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 13.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2022.09.021
Abstrakt: Objective: Coaching can provide learners with space to reflect on their performance while ensuring well-being and encouraging professional achievement and personal satisfaction outside of traditional mentorship and teaching models. We hypothesized that a proactive coaching program for general surgery interns coupled with individualized learning plans would help build foundational skills necessary for residency success and facilitate the incorporation of well-being practices into resident professional life. Here, we present the development, implementation, and outcomes of a novel well-being coaching program for surgical interns.
Design and Setting: A well-being coaching program was developed and implemented from July 2020 through June 2021 at a single university-based surgical residency program. To assess impact of the coaching program, we designed a mixed-methods study incorporating end-of-program survey results as well as participant narratives from commitment-to-act statements for thematic content.
Participants: All 32 general surgery interns participated in aspects of the coaching program.
Results: The end-of-program survey was completed by 19/32 (59%) interns and commitment-to-act statements were completed by 22/32 (69%). The majority (89%) of survey respondents "agreed" or "strongly agreed" that the longitudinal intern coaching program helped them reach goals they had set for themselves this academic year; 15/19 (79%) noted that the coaching experience was effective in promoting well-being practices in their life. Well-being and professional goals were identified as major themes in the end-of-the-year commitment-to-act statements. Statements specifically mentioned resources highlighted and skills taught in our coaching program such as mindfulness techniques, gratitude journals, and self-compassion strategies.
Conclusions: Our study illustrates the effectiveness of a coaching pilot program on promoting well-being practices in a university-based general surgery internship and can be a roadmap with proven efficacy and measurable outcomes.
Competing Interests: Conflicts of Interest Dr. Fainstad is a certified professional coach and coaches clients outside of her academic role in an independently owned and operated LLC. In that capacity, she does not recruit or coach medical trainees.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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