Group coaching for career development: Supporting the endangered early career researcher
Early career researchers have unique demands, many of which contribute to increased stress, decreased professional fulfillment, and burnout. Consequently, academic institutions and government organizations, such as the National Institutes of Health, are beginning to embrace structured coaching as a...
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| description | Early career researchers have unique demands, many of which contribute to increased stress, decreased professional fulfillment, and burnout. Consequently, academic institutions and government organizations, such as the National Institutes of Health, are beginning to embrace structured coaching as a tool to support physician wellbeing. To date, such coaching programs have demonstrated promising results, but little is known about whether early career research faculty find coaching feasible, accessible, or helpful. To explore this question further, we developed a novel group coaching intervention for clinician researchers and scientific faculty at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center based on the concept of appreciative inquiry, grounding the program in a positive and hopeful approach to the challenges faced by clinicians and researchers. Results from our program indicate this intervention is feasible, satisfactory, and helpful, with participants reporting enhanced self-reflection and empowerment. Effective for a wide array of research faculty, our program brought together diverse faculty, fostered connections, and encouraged future collaborations among this translational group. This suggests that our program provides a foundational blueprint that can be used by other academic medical centers who aim to develop group coaching efforts. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a041fdea91ec4bacb400180bb7a973c52025-08-20T03:36:38ZengCambridge University PressJournal of Clinical and Translational Science2059-86612025-01-01910.1017/cts.2025.10089Group coaching for career development: Supporting the endangered early career researcherLucy Palmer0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2218-6104Anupama Wadhwa1Susan Matulevicius2Anand Rohatgi3Heidi T. Jacobe4Office of Clinical Research, Office of the Provost, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USADepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA Outcomes Research Consortium, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, USAFaculty Wellness, Office of the Provost, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USADivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USAOffice of Clinical Research, Office of the Provost, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USAEarly career researchers have unique demands, many of which contribute to increased stress, decreased professional fulfillment, and burnout. Consequently, academic institutions and government organizations, such as the National Institutes of Health, are beginning to embrace structured coaching as a tool to support physician wellbeing. To date, such coaching programs have demonstrated promising results, but little is known about whether early career research faculty find coaching feasible, accessible, or helpful. To explore this question further, we developed a novel group coaching intervention for clinician researchers and scientific faculty at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center based on the concept of appreciative inquiry, grounding the program in a positive and hopeful approach to the challenges faced by clinicians and researchers. Results from our program indicate this intervention is feasible, satisfactory, and helpful, with participants reporting enhanced self-reflection and empowerment. Effective for a wide array of research faculty, our program brought together diverse faculty, fostered connections, and encouraged future collaborations among this translational group. This suggests that our program provides a foundational blueprint that can be used by other academic medical centers who aim to develop group coaching efforts.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866125100897/type/journal_articleCoachingworkforce developmentburnoutappreciative inquiryclinical research |
| spellingShingle | Lucy Palmer Anupama Wadhwa Susan Matulevicius Anand Rohatgi Heidi T. Jacobe Group coaching for career development: Supporting the endangered early career researcher Journal of Clinical and Translational Science Coaching workforce development burnout appreciative inquiry clinical research |
| title | Group coaching for career development: Supporting the endangered early career researcher |
| title_full | Group coaching for career development: Supporting the endangered early career researcher |
| title_fullStr | Group coaching for career development: Supporting the endangered early career researcher |
| title_full_unstemmed | Group coaching for career development: Supporting the endangered early career researcher |
| title_short | Group coaching for career development: Supporting the endangered early career researcher |
| title_sort | group coaching for career development supporting the endangered early career researcher |
| topic | Coaching workforce development burnout appreciative inquiry clinical research |
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