Burnout Among First Year Residents2024-OME-RCTNCT06970340
Online MedEd Intern Bootcamp: Hybrid (Online+Live) Training for First Year Residents
A study testing Online MedEd Intern Bootcamp in people with Burnout Among First Year Residents, run by New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This study is testing a web-based "Intern Boot Camp" from Online MedEd to see if it can make the first year of residency less stressful for new internal-medicine doctors at Harlem Hospital. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any ageHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Burnout Among First Year Residents
- What is being tested?
- Online MedEd Intern Bootcamp
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 24 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 2 Jul 2024to Jun 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Incoming first year of residency
Who cannot join
- Previous United States Accredited Postgraduate Training
- PHQ-9 score above 20
- PHQ-9 positive for suicidality (question 9)
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Pilot Program: Effect of "Online MedEd" Intern Bootcamp Training on First Year Residents' Well-being and Skills Confidence. A Randomized Controlled Trial
This study is testing a web-based "Intern Boot Camp" from Online MedEd to see if it can make the first year of residency less stressful for new internal-medicine doctors at Harlem Hospital. Right after orientation, residents are randomly placed into one of two groups:
Intervention group - gets six months of free access to the Bootcamp videos plus twice-a-week, one-hour review sessions led by senior residents the first 6 months of residency
Read more
Control group - gets the hospital's usual training and will receive the Bootcamp training starting at 6-month of residency.
The main thing the researchers want to know is: Does using the Boot Camp lower burnout-especially emotional exhaustion-compared with usual training? They will also look at the PHQ-9 depression survey and how confident residents feel about four everyday skills: mental health self-care, time management, oral presentation, and medical documentation. Surveys are completed at the start of residency and again six months later. Findings will show whether giving residents structured, on-demand preparation improves their well-being and confidence during the toughest part of their training.
Read the detailed description
New interns often describe their first months of residency as a "trial by fire." Studies show that roughly one-third of U.S. residents develop significant depressive symptoms during training, and burnout-particularly feeling emotionally drained-has been linked to more medical errors and even suicidal thinking . OnlineMedEd's Intern Boot Camp (OME-IBC) is an on-demand video course endorsed by the American College of Physicians to help graduating medical students get ready for residency, yet no one has formally tested whether it actually improves interns' well-being in a busy urban hospital setting .
This single-center pilot study will recruit the entire 2024-2025 class of first-year residents at Harlem Hospital. After obtaining consent, participants complete a baseline survey and are then randomly assigned (1:1) to one of two groups, stratified by sex, specialty and Emotional Exhaustion score.
Intervention group - receives six months of free access to the password-protected OME-IBC website plus twice-weekly, one-hour review sessions led by senior residents. Each two- to three-week mini-unit focuses on one of four practical domains-mental-health self-care, time management, oral presentation, and documentation. Participants watch a short video together and discuss it. The full curriculum spans about 35 sessions and can also be viewed asynchronously.
Control group - follows the program's usual orientation and on-the-job teaching without Bootcamp access during the first six months. After the 6-month, they are offered the same OME-IBC access and review sessions.
Outcomes
Primary outcome: change in emotional-exhaustion scores on the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). A ≥27 on the EE subscale indicates high burnout; every one-point rise has been tied to a 5-7 % jump in suicidal ideation or major errors.
Secondary outcomes:
Changes in overall burnout (other MBI subscales)
Depressive-symptom severity on the PHQ-9 (0-27 scale)
Self-rated confidence (1 = "minimally confident" to 5 = "very confident") in the four Bootcamp skill areas
- Conditions
- Burnout Among First Year Residents
- Being tested
- Online MedEd Intern Bootcamp
- Keywords
- Interns, Bootcamp, Burnout, Wellness, First Year Resident
- Medical subject headings
- Burnout, Psychological
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Online MedEd Intern BootcampBehavioural
6 months of online access plus biweekly live sessions
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Experimental | Enrolled into a 6-month online training program plus biweekly live discussion sessions from July 15 2024 to January 15 2025 Receives: Behavioral: Online MedEd Intern Bootcamp |
| Control | No intervention | Residency training as usual. No access to online training platform or live sessions. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change from baseline Burnout at 3 months and 6 months
The Maslach's burnout inventory is a 22-item measurement of worker burnout which assesses emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and personal fulfillment (PF) domains. Possible scores range from 0-6 on a Likert scale for each item. Scores of EE ≥ 27 points, DP ≥ 10, and PF <33 would indicate a high degree of burnout. Scores of EE≤18 points, DP≤5 points, and PF≥40 points would indicate a low degree of burnout.
Measured: Baseline measurement, post-intervention measurements at 3 months and 6 months
Secondary outcomes (1)
Proportion of participants whose PHQ-9 total score is ≥ 10 at 3 months and 6 months
The Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item version (PHQ-9) to assess depressive symptoms. On PHQ-9, depression is categorized as minimal by a score of 0 to 4, mild by a score of 5 to 9, moderate by a score of 10 to 14, moderately severe by a score of 15 to 19, and severe by a score of 20 to 27. A total score ≥ 10 indicates clinically significant depressive symptoms. The outcome is the proportion of participants with a score ≥ 10 at 6 months. Lower proportions reflect better mental-health status.
Measured: Baseline measurement, post-intervention measurements at 3 months and 6 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted14 May 2025
- Study start2 Jul 2024
- Primary completionJun 2025 (estimated)
- Study completionJun 2025 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Burnout Among First Year ResidentsStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Crossover
- Model description
- Crossover timeline: First group July 15 2024 - January 05 2025 Second group January 06 2025 - June 15 2025
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 24 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Raji Ayinla, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
- Investigators
- Raji Ayinla, M.D., CMD, FCCP, FACP, Principal investigator, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06970340
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 24-08-221
- Acronym
- 2024-OME-RCT
- Status last verified
- May 2025
- First submitted
- 6 May 2025
- Last updated
- 16 May 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: De-identified individual participant data (IPD) that underlie the primary and secondary outcome results (baseline demographic variables, intervention allocation, PHQ-9, MBI, Mini-ReZ scores at baseline, 3 months and 6 months plus the data dictionary and statistical analysis code will be shared. Direct identifiers (name, email, MRN, full dates of birth) and high-risk elements (audio/video files, free-text survey comments) will not be shared to protect confidentiality in this small cohort.
Publications
Guille C, Zhao Z, Krystal J, Nichols B, Brady K, Sen S. Web-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention for the Prevention of Suicidal Ideation in Medical Interns: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015 Dec;72(12):1192-8. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.1880.
PubMed 26535958
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 16 May 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Pilot Program: Effect of "Online MedEd" Intern Bootcamp Training on First Year Residents' Well-being and Skills Confidence. A Randomized Controlled Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06970340
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 2024-OME-RCT / 24-08-221
- Conditions
- Burnout Among First Year Residents
- Keywords
- Interns, Bootcamp, Burnout, Wellness, First Year Resident
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrolment
- 24 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- New York City Health and Hospitals CorporationUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 2 Jul 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- Jun 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Jun 2025 (estimated)
- First posted
- 14 May 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study is testing a web-based "Intern Boot Camp" from Online MedEd to see if it can make the first year of residency less stressful for new internal-medicine doctors at Harlem Hospital. Right after orientation, residents are randomly placed into one of two groups:
Intervention group - gets six months of free access to the Bootcamp videos plus twice-a-week, one-hour review sessions led by senior residents the first 6 months of residency
Control group - gets the hospital's usual training and will receive the Bootcamp training starting at 6-month of residency.
The main thing the researchers want to know is: Does using the Boot Camp lower burnout-especially emotional exhaustion-compared with usual training? They will also look at the PHQ-9 depression survey and how confident residents feel about four everyday skills: mental health self-care, time management, oral presentation, and medical documentation. Surveys are completed at the start of residency and again six months later. Findings will show whether giving residents structured, on-demand preparation improves their well-being and confidence during the toughest part of their training.
Detailed description
New interns often describe their first months of residency as a "trial by fire." Studies show that roughly one-third of U.S. residents develop significant depressive symptoms during training, and burnout-particularly feeling emotionally drained-has been linked to more medical errors and even suicidal thinking . OnlineMedEd's Intern Boot Camp (OME-IBC) is an on-demand video course endorsed by the American College of Physicians to help graduating medical students get ready for residency, yet no one has formally tested whether it actually improves interns' well-being in a busy urban hospital setting .
This single-center pilot study will recruit the entire 2024-2025 class of first-year residents at Harlem Hospital. After obtaining consent, participants complete a baseline survey and are then randomly assigned (1:1) to one of two groups, stratified by sex, specialty and Emotional Exhaustion score.
Intervention group - receives six months of free access to the password-protected OME-IBC website plus twice-weekly, one-hour review sessions led by senior residents. Each two- to three-week mini-unit focuses on one of four practical domains-mental-health self-care, time management, oral presentation, and documentation. Participants watch a short video together and discuss it. The full curriculum spans about 35 sessions and can also be viewed asynchronously.
Control group - follows the program's usual orientation and on-the-job teaching without Bootcamp access during the first six months. After the 6-month, they are offered the same OME-IBC access and review sessions.
Outcomes
Primary outcome: change in emotional-exhaustion scores on the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). A ≥27 on the EE subscale indicates high burnout; every one-point rise has been tied to a 5-7 % jump in suicidal ideation or major errors.
Secondary outcomes:
Changes in overall burnout (other MBI subscales)
Depressive-symptom severity on the PHQ-9 (0-27 scale)
Self-rated confidence (1 = "minimally confident" to 5 = "very confident") in the four Bootcamp skill areas
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Crossover
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- Crossover timeline: First group July 15 2024 - January 05 2025 Second group January 06 2025 - June 15 2025
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Experimental | Behavioral: Online MedEd Intern BootcampEnrolled into a 6-month online training program plus biweekly live discussion sessions from July 15 2024 to January 15 2025 |
| Control | No intervention | –Residency training as usual. No access to online training platform or live sessions. |
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Incoming first year of residency
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Previous United States Accredited Postgraduate Training
- PHQ-9 score above 20
- PHQ-9 positive for suicidality (question 9)
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Online MedEd Intern Bootcamp6 months of online access plus biweekly live sessions | Behavioural | Intervention |
Primary outcome
Change from baseline Burnout at 3 months and 6 months
Time frame: Baseline measurement, post-intervention measurements at 3 months and 6 months
The Maslach's burnout inventory is a 22-item measurement of worker burnout which assesses emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and personal fulfillment (PF) domains. Possible scores range from 0-6 on a Likert scale for each item. Scores of EE ≥ 27 points, DP ≥ 10, and PF <33 would indicate a high degree of burnout. Scores of EE≤18 points, DP≤5 points, and PF≥40 points would indicate a low degree of burnout.
1 secondary outcome
Proportion of participants whose PHQ-9 total score is ≥ 10 at 3 months and 6 months
Time frame: Baseline measurement, post-intervention measurements at 3 months and 6 months
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 16 May 2025.
- Background: PubMed 26535958Guille C, Zhao Z, Krystal J, Nichols B, Brady K, Sen S. Web-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention for the Prevention of Suicidal Ideation in Medical Interns: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015 Dec;72(12):1192-8. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.1880.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. De-identified individual participant data (IPD) that underlie the primary and secondary outcome results (baseline demographic variables, intervention allocation, PHQ-9, MBI, Mini-ReZ scores at baseline, 3 months and 6 months plus the data dictionary and statistical analysis code will be shared. Direct identifiers (name, email, MRN, full dates of birth) and high-risk elements (audio/video files, free-text survey comments) will not be shared to protect confidentiality in this small cohort.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Raji Ayinla, M.D., CMD, FCCP, FACP principal investigator
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Online MedEd Intern Bootcamp in people with Burnout Among First Year Residents, run by New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 16 May 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change from baseline Burnout at 3 months and 6 months (time frame: Baseline measurement, post-intervention measurements at 3 months and 6 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06970340, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 16 May 2025.