CompletedNot Applicable

Narrative Medicine and Pediatric Oncology

United States66 participantsStarted 2020-07-01

Plain-language summary

The investigators' objective is to implement an innovative curriculum in narrative medicine for pediatric residents rotating at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), and to evaluate whether this curriculum is protective against burnout and diminished quality of life during that rotation as measured on The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) and The Professional Quality of Life Scale: Compassion Satisfaction, Burnout, and Fatigue Scale Version V (ProQOL R-V).

Who can participate

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Inclusion Criteria: * Pediatric residents * Rotating through Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center during the 2020-2021 academic year * Who complete at least 2 sessions in narrative medicine, including the pre-test and post-test. Exclusion Criteria: * Residents who are on an elective rotation, rather than a compulsory rotation, * Residents who have already rotated once through MSKCC during the Jan 2020-Jan 2021 calendar year if their first rotation was an intervention block.

What they're measuring

Change in Burnout, as measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS)

Timeframe: Baseline, 3 weeks

Change in Professional quality of life, as measured by Professional Quality of Life Scale: Compassion Satisfaction, Burnout, and Fatigue Scale Version V (ProQOL)

Timeframe: Baseline, 3 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04489316

SponsorWeill Medical College of Cornell University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-07-01

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