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Improving Clinician Communication Skills (ICCS)

NCT00687349 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 6086

Last updated 2014-09-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This research study is a randomized trial to evaluate a training program that is designed to improve the communication skills of clinicians. The training program focuses on care for patients with serious illnesses and their family members, and assesses effectiveness using patient and family outcomes. The long term goal of this research is to improve communication skills of doctors and nurses, thereby improving patient and family outcomes.

Conditions

  • Advanced Cancer
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Restrictive Lung Disease
  • Congestive Heart Failure
  • End Stage Liver Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Training Program Intervention

Resident or NP Student receives the educational intervention during 8 half-day sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH · University of Washington, Div. of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-04-30
Primary Completion
2013-02-28
Completion
2013-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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