The PREGNANT (Pregnant Resident Empowerment, GuidaNce, and Advocacy iN Training) Coaching Project

Part of paid clinical trials in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Study ID
NCT07221422
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Burnout, Professional
  • Imposter Phenomenon
  • Quality of Life
  • Self Efficacy
  • Well-Being, Psychological

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
FEMALE
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Coaching Program — BEHAVIORAL
    Novel, 4-month coaching program tailored to the childbearing trainees. This consists of 4 1:1 coaching sessions with a novice faculty coach and 4 group sessions with a certified coach.

Study Details

This is a mixed-methods study designed to develop and evaluate an innovative coaching program for physician trainee mothers. Approximately 48 participants will be recruited from informational flyers posted in resident work areas and distributed by program directors and GME. Interested participants will email study staff. Participants will be randomized to the control or intervention arm. Intervention participants will meet monthly with a novice physician coach of their choice (one-on-one) and a certified physician coach (with an assigned group of 6 peers through video-conferencing). Participants in both arms of the study will respond to surveys at three points: enrollment (baseline), 4 months, and 7 months. At each point, they will spend approximately 10 minutes filling the survey. The survey will query demographics, burnout, professional fulfillment, imposter phenomenon, self-valuation, self-efficacy, resilience, quality of life, and impact of work on professional relationships. The coaching intervention will last 4 months, and the 7 month survey will be used only to assess long-term effects of the intervention. At the conclusion of the study (7 months after enrollment), participants will be interviewed over video communication (secure Partners or Harvard Zoom) for approximately 30 minutes.

Key Dates

Start date
Nov 4, 2025
Status verified
Feb 2026
Primary completion
Jul 1, 2026
Completion
Dec 1, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
48 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • Experimental: Intervention
    Intervention participants will not be given protected time to participate and will have the same clinical workload as controls. They will meet monthly with a novice physician coach of their choice (one-on-one) and a certified physician coach (with an assigned group of 6 peers). To build community, participants are encouraged to attend sessions with their coaching group, but we will accommodate full schedules by allowing (1) participation in sessions with other coaching groups, (2) asynchronous video learning including self-guided exercises. Video conferencing will be used to facilitate attendance and scalability.
  • Other: Control
    Delayed intervention. At the conclusion of the study, control participants will be offered a 2-hour workshop (led by a certified coach) covering group session topics, provided access to the videos, and given self-guided exercises used for asynchronous learning.

Primary Outcome Measure

Burnout [ Time Frame: Measured in survey data at 3 time points: Enrollment, month 4 and month 7 of study. ]

Central Contacts

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Brigham Women's HospitalBostonMassachusetts02115
Erika L Rangel, MD, MS
[email protected]
617-650-6952
Emma AR Askew, B.S.
[email protected]
6177943770
Erika L Rangel, Md, MS (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)
Massachusetts General HospitalBostonMassachusetts02114
Erika L Rangel, MD, MS.
[email protected]
617-650-6952
Emma AR Askew, B.S.
[email protected]
6177943770
Erika L Rangel, MD, MS (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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