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

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George Washington University School of Medicine

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20037