Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population in a study on coaching effectiveness for medical residents and specialists, 2017-2018*
| Characteristics | Intervention (N=57) |
Control (N=57) |
| Male sex-no (%) | 10 (17.5) | 15 (26.3) |
| Age-year | ||
| Median | 33 | 35 |
| IQR | 9.5 | 12 |
| Specialty-no (%) | ||
| Paediatrics | 57 (100) | 32 (56.1) |
| Internal medicine | – | 15 (26.3) |
| Neurology | – | 10 (17.5) |
| Professional role-no (%) | ||
| Resident | 33 (57.9) | 36 (63.2) |
| Specialist | 24 (42.1) | 21 (36.8) |
| Hospital-no (%) | ||
| EMC | 32 (56.1) | 33 (57.9) |
| LUMC | 25 (43.9) | 9 (15.8) |
| VUmc | – | 7 (12.3) |
| AMC | – | 8 (14.0) |
| Coaching experience-no (%) | 22 (38.6) | 19 (33.3) |
| Home situation-no (%) | ||
| Children, one or more | 28 (49.1) | 29 (50.9) |
| No children | 29 (50.9) | 28 (49.1) |
*This study was conducted at four academic hospitals in the Netherlands. In this study, the authors investigated the effects of an individual coaching intervention on burn-out symptoms, work engagement, personal resources, job demands and job resources among paediatric residents and specialists.
AMC, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam; EMC, Erasmus Medical Center; LUMC, Leiden University Medical Center; VUmc, VU University Medical Center.