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Use of Theater to Invoke Empathy and Reduce Bias in Medical Students

NCT01739257 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 129

Last updated 2023-04-11

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Summary

The effect of medical humanities on medical student bias and clinical management is unclear. This study characterized medical student attitudes toward obese individuals and whether reading a play employing empathic characters can modulate negative reactions.

Conditions

  • Medical Student Bias

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Medical Lecture

BEHAVIORAL

Dramatic Reading

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of California, Davis

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Richard L Kravitz, MD, MSPH · UC Davis School of Medicine

  • Rachel Hammer, BA · Mayo Medical School

  • Johanna Shapiro, PhD · UC Irvine School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-08-31
Primary Completion
2012-10-31
Completion
2012-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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