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NCT Number: NCT01798069

Impact of Narrative Medicine (Workshop Reflexive Writing)

Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the impact of an educational program of Narrative Medicine "workshop reflexive writing "dedicated to medical students on the satisfaction of standardized patients.

Design: Randomized Controlled Trial in 2 arms. Participants: Medical students (4th years) of the University Paris Descartes. Methods: Participants will be randomized in two groups. The allocation of participants will be done by a computerized randomization list, the sequence will be created by an independent statistician. Participants will be blinded of the study hypothesis. Allocation concealment will be provided because only the statistician will have access to the randomization list.

A program of Narrative Medicine in Class-led instruction "workshop reflexive writing "vs "workshop reading medical publication".

Outcome: The primary endpoint will be the satisfaction of standardized patient relative to the empathy of the medical students. The secondary endpoints will be the empathy of the medical students; recommendation of the student by the standardized patients to friends or relatives; students' satisfaction.

Potential interests: The investigators believe that the workshop "reflexive writing" can develop the thinking of the student with respect to his behavior with the patient, and so the relation between student and patient.

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Key information

Conditions

Empathy

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Centre d'Epidémiologie Clinique, Assistance Publique, Hôtel Dieu

Paris, 75004, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • All students in the fourth year of medical school have chosen for their first 2 quarters to complete an internship in clinical hospital departments (i.e. where direct contact with patients)

Exclusion criteria

  • All students refusing to participate in the study.
  • All students repeaters.

Treatment and study plan

reflective writing

Behavioral

Students allocated to the experimental arm will follow 5 sessions in Class-led instruction of reflexive writing workshops. They will be divided into 12 sub-groups of 8 students. They will write their stories about their own experiences or the experiences of their family / patient.

reading medical publication workshops

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. satisfaction of standardized patient will be assessed through the questionnaire recommended by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM).

    Time frame: 5 months after randomization (i.e. 1 month after the end of the intervention)

    It consists of ten questions, denoted by EVGFP scale (excellent = 5, very good = 4, good = 3, fair = 2, poor = 1).

Secondary outcomes

  1. The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy

    Time frame: 5 months after randomization (i.e. 1 month after the end of the intervention)

    self-administered questionnaire consisting of 20 items scored by a Likert-type scale (strongly agree = 7, strongly disagree = 1): 10 items are rated positively, others 10 items are rated negatively. The total score ranges from 20 to 140.

Other outcomes

  1. The Interpersonal Reactivity Index

    Time frame: 5 months after randomization (i.e. 1 month after the end of the intervention)

    self-administered questionnaire with 4 subscales (Perspective Taking, Empathic Concern, Fantasy, Personal Distress) each containing seven items (a total of 28 items). The items are scored by a Likert scale (0 = Does not describe me well to 4 = Describes me very well).

  2. students' satisfaction

    Time frame: 4 months after randomization (i.e. 1 month after the end of the intervention)

    measure on a numeric scale from 0 (without interest) to 10 (very interesting)

  3. recommendation of the student by the standardized patient, to friends or relatives

    Time frame: 5 months after randomization (i.e. 1 month after the end of the intervention)

    : measure on a numeric scale from 0 (not at all) to 10 (entirely)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Impact of an Educational Program 'Narrative Medicine (Workshop Reflexive Writing) ' Dedicated to Medical Students. A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Acronym: INAMERE

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2013
First posted
Feb 25, 2013
Registry last updated
Apr 21, 2014

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