Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

University of Michigan

Code:

NCT05713669

Conditions

Professional Burnout

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Encounter visit with Patients

Non-encounter surveys

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study is being conducted to describe the impact of a meeting between patients that were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and a provider that cared for the patients during the period of critical illness. The study team is aiming to describe the effect this meeting has on the physician that previously cared for the patient.

The study team hypothesizes that facilitating involvement in post-ICU clinic and creating longitudinal relationships between providers of critical care and survivors of critical illness will have positive effects on trainees, both in professional fulfillment and burnout scores and in perceptions of critical care.

Conditions

Professional Burnout

Study ID

NCT05713669

Start date

Mar 1, 2023

Status verified date

Apr, 2026

Completion date

Apr, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria for Patients:

\- Must be eligible for Post ICU Longitudinal Survivor Experience (PULSE) clinic follow up and/or have received referral to clinic

Inclusion criteria for Residents:

  • Must have completed at least one 2-week rotation in the medical ICU at the University of Michigan
  • Must have cared for an enrolled patient in the study

Exclusion Criteria for Patients:

\- Died during ICU stay

Exclusion Criteria for Residents:

\- Provided only "cross-cover" for the patient.

Study Design

Enrollment

30 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Residents meet ICU patients during follow-up visit (encounter)

Residents will be paired according to the patient that were cared.

other: Residents in the non-encounter group

Residents will not meet with patients that were in the ICU.

Interventions

Encounter visit with Patients

Participants in this encounter group will be asked to complete a pre and post-intervention survey, participate in a meeting with a former ICU patient at a post-ICU clinic, and undergo an in-person interview within fourteen days following the encounter.

Non-encounter surveys

Surveys will be completed pre and post patient follow-up.

Primary outcome measure

  • Changes in the Professional Fulfillment Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline (pre-post ICU follow-up visit), approximately 14 days post patient's follow-up visit ]
  • Changes in the Burnout Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline (pre-post ICU follow-up visit), approximately 14 days post patient's follow-up visit ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Maddie Lagina, MD

734-763-9077laginam@med.umich.edu

Jakob McSparron, MD

734-763-9077jmcsparr@med.umich.edu

Locations

University of Michigan

Recruiting

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109

Contacts

Maddie Lagina, MD

734-763-9077laginam@med.umich.edu

Principal Investigator:

Jakob McSparron, MD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Michigan

Last update posted

Apr 14, 2026

Last verified

Apr, 2026

Keywords

  • Perceptions of critical care
  • Professional fulfillment.

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Michigan on 2026-04-14.