A study of the effects of anti-stigma education during psychiatric clinical clerkship on medical students

Long-Term Effects of an Anti-Stigma Educational Intervention During Psychiatric Clinical Clerkship on Medical Students' Stigma: A Single-Center Cluster-Randomized Longitudinal Study - Long-term effects of an anti-stigma educational intervention during psychiatric clinical clerkship on stigma among medical students

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000061019

Enrollment

240

Registered

2026-03-23

Start date

2026-03-23

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention group: In addition to usual psychiatric clinical clerkship, participants receive an additional anti-stigma educational intervention on the final day of the clerkship. Usual psychiatric cl

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Fourth- or fifth-year medical students at Kitasato University School of Medicine who participate in psychiatric clinical clerkship between March 23, 2026 and March 3, 2028, and who receive an explanation of the study objectives and procedures and provide written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Students who have previously completed psychiatric clinical clerkship at Kitasato University School of Medicine. 2) Students with no response to the self-administered questionnaire at baseline (T0). 3) Students who are absent from or discontinue the clerkship for 1 week or longer during the clerkship period. 4) Students who withdraw consent to participate in the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change in the Japanese version of the Mental Illness: Clinicians' Attitudes Scale version 4 (MICA-4) score from baseline (T0, start of the clerkship) to 6 months after completion of the clerkship (T2)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1) Change in the Japanese version of the Mental Illness: Clinicians' Attitudes Scale version 4 (MICA-4) score from baseline (T0, start of the clerkship) to the end of the clerkship (T1) 2) Change in the Mental Illness and Disorder Understanding Scale (MIDUS), Jefferson Scale of Empathy Japanese version (JSE-J), Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale-Short Form (ATSPPH-SF), and Reported and Intended Behaviour Scale Japanese version future domain (RIBS-J future) scores from baseline (T0) to 6 months after completion of the clerkship (T2) 3) Change in MIDUS, JSE-J, ATSPPH-SF, and RIBS-J future scores from baseline (T0) to the end of the clerkship (T1) 4) Associations of age, sex, intention to specialize in psychiatry, prior contact with people with mental illness, and previous anti-stigma education with RIBS-J future, MIDUS, MICA-4, JSE-J, and ATSPPH-SF scores at T0, T1, and T2 5) Themes extracted from free-text responses at the end of the clerkship (T1), including memorable experiences and educational content, changes in perceptions and attitudes, and intended future clinical practice 6) Themes extracted from free-text responses 6 months after completion of the clerkship (T2), including remembered educational content, subsequent changes in perceptions and attitudes, and changes in responses in later clinical or daily-life settings	—

Measure

Time frame

1) Change in the Japanese version of the Mental Illness: Clinicians' Attitudes Scale version 4 (MICA-4) score from baseline (T0, start of the clerkship) to the end of the clerkship (T1) 2) Change in the Mental Illness and Disorder Understanding Scale (MIDUS), Jefferson Scale of Empathy Japanese version (JSE-J), Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale-Short Form (ATSPPH-SF), and Reported and Intended Behaviour Scale Japanese version future domain (RIBS-J future) scores from baseline (T0) to 6 months after completion of the clerkship (T2) 3) Change in MIDUS, JSE-J, ATSPPH-SF, and RIBS-J future scores from baseline (T0) to the end of the clerkship (T1) 4) Associations of age, sex, intention to specialize in psychiatry, prior contact with people with mental illness, and previous anti-stigma education with RIBS-J future, MIDUS, MICA-4, JSE-J, and ATSPPH-SF scores at T0, T1, and T2 5) Themes extracted from free-text responses at the end of the clerkship (T1), including memorable experiences and educational content, changes in perceptions and attitudes, and intended future clinical practice 6) Themes extracted from free-text responses 6 months after completion of the clerkship (T2), including remembered educational content, subsequent changes in perceptions and attitudes, and changes in responses in later clinical or daily-life settings

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Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactKen Inada

Kitasato University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry

inadaken@kitasato-u.ac.jp042-778-8111

Outcome results