MedTrace Logo

Assessment of Comskil Training Through Videorecording and Patient Surveys

NCT00943813 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 55

Last updated 2016-08-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

At Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center the investigators want to provide the best care to their patients. One way to do this is to evaluate the ways that doctors communicate with patients. To this end, the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences runs a Communication Skills Training and Research Laboratory. One goal of this laboratory is to evaluate doctor-patient communication and provide training in how to improve the quality of this communication.

Invitation to participate in this pilot project does not mean that a problem with communication has been identified in your doctor's practice. Rather, it is because your doctor and the fellow working with your doctor have agreed to cooperate with us as the investigators develop strategies to train physicians, nurses and other clinical personnel to communicate with cancer patients in as effective and sensitive a manner as possible.

Conditions

  • Comskil Training

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

video-recording and completing a survey

Video record MD consult before MD has completed Comskill training. Post-Video Recording Survey (5 minutes): This is a 22-item self-report scale that measures patient satisfaction and patient reports of communication behavior (Roter et al 1977). Items are rated using a five-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1, "I disagree completely " to 5, "I agree completely ".

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Philip Bialer, MD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-05-31
Primary Completion
2016-08-31
Completion
2016-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Entities

Companies

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT00943813 on ClinicalTrials.gov