Empathy
Conditions
Brief summary
Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the impact of an educational program of Narrative Medicine workshop reflexive writing dedicated to medical students on the satisfaction of standardized patients. Design: Randomized Controlled Trial in 2 arms. Participants: Medical students (4th years) of the University Paris Descartes. Methods: Participants will be randomized in two groups. The allocation of participants will be done by a computerized randomization list, the sequence will be created by an independent statistician. Participants will be blinded of the study hypothesis. Allocation concealment will be provided because only the statistician will have access to the randomization list. A program of Narrative Medicine in Class-led instruction workshop reflexive writing vs workshop reading medical publication. Outcome: The primary endpoint will be the satisfaction of standardized patient relative to the empathy of the medical students. The secondary endpoints will be the empathy of the medical students; recommendation of the student by the standardized patients to friends or relatives; students' satisfaction. Potential interests: The investigators believe that the workshop reflexive writing can develop the thinking of the student with respect to his behavior with the patient, and so the relation between student and patient.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALreflective writing
Students allocated to the experimental arm will follow 5 sessions in Class-led instruction of reflexive writing workshops. They will be divided into 12 sub-groups of 8 students. They will write their stories about their own experiences or the experiences of their family / patient.
BEHAVIORALreading medical publication workshops
Sponsors
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* All students in the fourth year of medical school have chosen for their first 2 quarters to complete an internship in clinical hospital departments (i.e. where direct contact with patients)
Exclusion criteria
* All students refusing to participate in the study. * All students repeaters.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| satisfaction of standardized patient will be assessed through the questionnaire recommended by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). | 5 months after randomization (i.e. 1 month after the end of the intervention) | It consists of ten questions, denoted by EVGFP scale (excellent = 5, very good = 4, good = 3, fair = 2, poor = 1). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy | 5 months after randomization (i.e. 1 month after the end of the intervention) | self-administered questionnaire consisting of 20 items scored by a Likert-type scale (strongly agree = 7, strongly disagree = 1): 10 items are rated positively, others 10 items are rated negatively. The total score ranges from 20 to 140. |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Interpersonal Reactivity Index | 5 months after randomization (i.e. 1 month after the end of the intervention) | self-administered questionnaire with 4 subscales (Perspective Taking, Empathic Concern, Fantasy, Personal Distress) each containing seven items (a total of 28 items). The items are scored by a Likert scale (0 = Does not describe me well to 4 = Describes me very well). |
| students' satisfaction | 4 months after randomization (i.e. 1 month after the end of the intervention) | measure on a numeric scale from 0 (without interest) to 10 (very interesting) |
| recommendation of the student by the standardized patient, to friends or relatives | 5 months after randomization (i.e. 1 month after the end of the intervention) | : measure on a numeric scale from 0 (not at all) to 10 (entirely) |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed