Background: Over 39% of approximately 3,000 doctors (The British Medical Association quarterly survey, 2015) admitted to frequently feeling drained, exhausted, overloaded, tired, low and lacking energy. Such occupational distress may link to psychological and physical difficulties in doctors and have negative outcomes for organization and patients. The aim of the current study is to investigate the impact of an induction programme on occupational distress of doctors. Methods/design: Doctors will be invited to take part in an online research. Participants will be randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. Participants in the experimental groups will complete one of the induction topics (about stress at work). Before and after an induction programme participants will be asked to fill in an online survey about their current occupational distress and organizational well-being. Discussion: The investigators expect that doctors' psychological, physiological and organizational well-being will improve after an induction programme which should serve as a resource for better doctor's own health understanding.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
232
Participants will be randomly assigned (computer generated straight away after clicking the link to the research) to one of 4 experimental conditions: stress at work, dealing with a patient's death, managing stress at work or all topics together. Each module includes brief reflection parts and quizzes. Participants will be asked to fill in an online survey just before the induction and a week after. The survey is about current occupational distress and organizational factors.
Participants in the control group will be asked to fill in an online survey, but will not have any task at time-1. However, participants in the control group will be invited to complete induction programme after time-2 (a week time after time-1) in ensure the same expectations in both, experimental and control, groups.
The Anxiety Disorder Scale
Time frame: A week
The Grief Inventory
Time frame: A week
The Coping Mechanisms Scale
Self-distraction, active coping, substance use, use of emotional support, use of instrumental support, positive reframing, humour, self-blame
Time frame: A week
The Psychiatric Morbidity Scale
Time frame: A week
The Physical Symptoms Scale
Time frame: A week
The Insomnia Scale
Time frame: A week
The Binge Eating Scale
Time frame: A week
The Burnout Inventory
Time frame: A week
Alcohol use
Time frame: A week
Drug use
Time frame: A week
The Effort-Reward Scale
Time frame: A week
The Work Engagement Scale
Time frame: A week
The Work-Family Conflict Scale
Time frame: A week
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