Do Resident Coaching Programs Benefit their Coaches? Impact of a Professional Development Coaching Program on The Coaches.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coaching has been shown to decrease physician burnout; however, coachee outcomes have been the focus. We report the impact of coaching on women-identifying surgeons who participated as coaches in a 9-month virtual program.

Methods

A coaching program was implemented in the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) to determine the effects of coaching on well-being and burnout from 2018 to 2020. AWS members volunteered and completed training in professional development coaching. Pre- and post-study measures were assessed, and bivariate analysis performed based on burnout and professional fulfillment score.

Results

Seventy-five coaches participated; 57 completed both pre- and post-study surveys. There were no significant changes in burnout or professional fulfillmen

SUBMITTER: Merrill AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9969939 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature