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Improving Empathy and Relational Skills

NCT01304030 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 99

Last updated 2011-02-25

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Summary

Our research hypothesis is that residents who participate in the empathy and relational skills training modules will significantly improve in these skills as compared to a control group of residents who receive residency training as usual that includes the current standard training in the doctor-patient relationship. To evaluate this hypothesis, we will use a two-pronged approach to assessment. The first prong is the residents' self assessment of empathy and the second is from the patients' perspective.

Conditions

  • Empathy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Empathy Training Modules

The Empathy Training Modules utilize translational research in emotion expression basic science, physiology of emotions, decoding facial expressions and self-regulation skills as pertaining to management of medical and surgical patients.

BEHAVIORAL

Residency Training as usual

Residents will receive their typical didactic and clinical education

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Helen Riess, MD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-02-28
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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