Comparison of patient simulation techniques in the psychotherapeutic field for training diagnostics and interviewing - how realistic is ChatGPT as a patient?

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00036488

Enrollment

100

Registered

2025-07-01

Start date

2025-05-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-01

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Conditions

No illness or health problem is being investigated. The focus is on improving the training of psychotherapists.

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group1: Case presentation by a trained acting patient in presence (1 Session à 20min) Group 2: Intervention group2: Case presentation by a trained acting patient via telephone co

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Students or trainees as psychotherapists Fluent German skills (spoken and written)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Non

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
No endpoints in the conventional sense. The aim of the study is to record the experiences of the test subjects in the respective test conditions. Therefore the evaluation of the learning material by the test subjects is considered an endpoint.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
No secondary endpoint	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactLisa Wagels

Uniklinik RWTH Aachen - Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty

lwagels@ukaachen.de+49 241 80-35919

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026