Impact of a Relation Training on Empathy of Medical Student

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Empathy

• Registration Number: NCT02681380
• Lead Sponsor: University of Paris 5 - Rene Descartes

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-09
• Study First Submitted: 2016-02-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-02-11
• Study First Posted: 2016-02-12
• Primary Completion: 2016-03
• Study Completion: 2016-05
• Status Verified: 2016-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-07-12
• Last Update Posted: 2016-07-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 352

Inclusion Criteria

• Medical student in the 4th year

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Care	Two weeks after the last session	Scale to measure empathy by a simulated patient, during a simulated visit