Use of Theater to Invoke Empathy and Reduce Bias in Medical Students
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 129
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Explicit fat bias
研究概览
简要总结
The effect of medical humanities on medical student bias and clinical management is unclear. This study characterized medical student attitudes toward obese individuals and whether reading a play employing empathic characters can modulate negative reactions.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 99 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •medical student at UC Davis, UC Irvine, or Mayo Medical School
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
Theater
1-hour dramatic reading of "The Most Massive Woman Wins"
干预措施: Dramatic Reading (Behavioral)
Lecture
1-hour lecture on the medical management of obese patients
干预措施: Medical Lecture (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Explicit fat bias
时间窗: four months
Assessment of conscious bias against fat people (unit of measure from 11 to 99).
empathy scale
时间窗: four months
Score of Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE) from 20 to 180.
implicit fat bias
时间窗: four months
Measurement using the implicit association test (IAT) with scores from -2.0 to +2.0.
次要结局
- Appraisal of obesity(four months)
- Patient-Centered Care(four months)