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Comparison of the efficacy of communication skills workshop and watching movie in teaching empathy to medical students

Comparison of the efficacy of communication skills workshop, watching movie, and their combination in enhancement of empathy in medical students (in clinical rotations)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT2016082629534N1
Enrollment
56
Registered
2017-01-15
Start date
2016-11-21
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-02-22

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Empathy. _

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group 1: Subjects participate in a communication skills workshop (2 hours
Taught by an attending psychiatrist). Intervention 2: Intervention group 2: Subjects watch "The Doctor" movie (120 minutes
That is about patient physician relationship)(The movie is in English but has Persian subtitle.). Intervention 3: Intervention group 3: Subjects, first watch "The Doctor" movie (120 minutes
That is about patient physician relationship)(The movie is in English but has Persian subtitle) then, participate in a communication skills workshop (2 hours
Taught by an attending psychiatrist). Intervention 4: Control group
Intervention group 1: Subjects participate in a communication skills workshop (2 hours
Taught by an attending psychiatrist)
Intervention group 2: Subjects watch "The Doctor" movie (120 minutes
That is about patient physician relationship)(The movie is in English but has Persian subtitle.)
Intervention group 3: Subjects, first watch "The Doctor" movie (120 minutes
Control group

Sponsors

Vice chancellor for research of Iran University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: Medical students of the clinical rotations of different wards of Rasool E Akram hospital in 2016,2017, if: 1. Under training in a clinical course of medicine 2. Signing the informed consent to participate in the study Exclusion criteria: Students of psychiatry ward (to prevent possible confounding effect of learning empathy in this ward)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Empathy. Timepoint: Before the intervention , Immediately after the intervention , 1 month after the intervention. Method of measurement: Jefferson Scale of Empathy , Student version (JSE,S version).

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactDr Azin Ahmadzadeh

Iran University of Medical Sciences

ahmadzadeh.a@tak.iums.ac.ir+98 21 8670 2220

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026