Impact of a Relation Training on Empathy of Medical Student (EMPATHIE)

July 12, 2016 updated by: Céline Buffel du vaure, University of Paris 5 - Rene Descartes

Impact of a Relation Training, Balint-like, on Empathy of Medical Student in the 4th Year.

Empathy is an important skill to learn for medical student. However, learning empathy remain difficult. The investigators aim was to assess the efficacy of a specific training, Balint like, on the empathy abilities of medical students in the 4th year. The investigators planned a randomized controlled trial in 3 universities.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

352

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Medical student in the 4th year

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Relation learning
Participants of this group will benefit form a specific learning on relation, Balint like. They will have 7 sessions during 3 months.
Other: Relation learning
Seven session are planned. Each will be supervised by a senior, trained to supervised Balint group.
Placebo Comparator: Control group
Participants of this group will have no learning related to relation with patient.
Other: Control group
No session will be planned for the participants.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Care
Time Frame: Two weeks after the last session
Scale to measure empathy by a simulated patient, during a simulated visit
Two weeks after the last session

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Paris 5 - Rene Descartes

Collaborators

University of Paris 13
University Paris 7 - Denis Diderot

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Philippe Jaury, University Paris 5

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 9, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 11, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

February 12, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

July 13, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 12, 2016

Last Verified

July 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 01004

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

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