Status:
COMPLETED
Enhancing Empathy in Medical Communication Through Perspective-Taking
Lead Sponsor:
George Washington University
Conditions:
Patient Satisfaction
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-45 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Background: Empathy is critical to clinician-patient communication and patient outcomes. Perspective-taking, an intervention demonstrated in other contexts to induce empathy, has never been studied in...
Detailed Description
These studies assess the interaction of students and simulated patients (actors)--no real patients were involved.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All third year medical and first and second year physician assistant students, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Exclusion
- None
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
608 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00861991
Start Date
June 1 2006
End Date
August 1 2007
Last Update
March 16 2009
Active Locations (1)
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George Washington University School of Medicine
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20037