Impact of a Relation Training on Empathy of Medical Student

University of Paris 5 - Rene Descartes352 enrolled

Overview

Empathy is an important skill to learn for medical student. However, learning empathy remain difficult. The investigators aim was to assess the efficacy of a specific training, Balint like, on the empathy abilities of medical students in the 4th year. The investigators planned a randomized controlled trial in 3 universities.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

352

Conditions

Empathy

Interventions

Relation learningOTHER

Seven session are planned. Each will be supervised by a senior, trained to supervised Balint group.

Control groupOTHER

No session will be planned for the participants.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Medical student in the 4th year Exclusion Criteria: * None

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Care

Scale to measure empathy by a simulated patient, during a simulated visit

Time frame: Two weeks after the last session

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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