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

Awadallah, Nida S., Jones, Teresa S., Christian, Nicole, Fainstad, Tyra, Nyquist, Julie, Schreiber, Jacob, Fung, Cha-Chi, Rumack, Carol M. +2 more·2023·Journal of Surgical Education
DOI 10.1016/j.jsurg.2022.09.021
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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.

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Authors
Awadallah, N. S., Jones, T. S., Christian, N., Fainstad, T., Nyquist, J., Schreiber, J., Fung, C.-C., Rumack, C. M., Nehler, M., & Jaiswal, K. R.
Affiliations
  • University of Colorado Anschutz (US)
  • University of Southern California (US)
Corresponding author
Awadallah, Nida S.
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Venue
Journal of Surgical Education
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2023-02
Volume
80
Issue
2
Pages
177-184
ISSN
  • 1878-7452 (ISSN-L)
  • 1931-7204
DOI
10.1016/j.jsurg.2022.09.021
OpenAlex
W4305014616
Cited by
12
References
39
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2
FWCI
2.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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Locations
  • Journal of surgical education (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1 TR002535)
  • National Institutes of Health
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Coaching Methods and Impact
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Innovations in Medical Education
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
Keywords
coaching, well-being, general surgery residency, surgical interns, mindfulness, gratitude journaling, self-compassion, individualized learning plans, professional goals, resident well-being
MeSH terms
Mentoring, Clinical Competence, Curriculum, Education, Medical, Graduate, Humans, Internship and Residency, General Surgery

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