Doctor, meet your patient: a prescription for burnout?
NCT ID NCT05713669
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether having resident doctors meet former ICU patients they treated can reduce professional burnout and increase fulfillment. About 30 residents and patients will take part. Researchers will survey the doctors before and after the meeting and interview them to see how the experience affects them.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a simple way to reduce burnout among doctors-in-training by reconnecting them with the patients they helped.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early study (30 people) with no control group, so results may not apply broadly. It measures feelings, not hard medical outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2023
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
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.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Michigan
RECRUITINGAnn Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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