Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris City, Faculty of Medicine
Paris, 75005, France
Completed
NCT Number: NCT03559998
Learning Process of Fourth Year Medical Students During a Doctor-patient Relationship Training
This study aims to explore learning process for undergraduate students in this doctor-patient relationship course. This study is one of the 3 studies included in a PhD on learning process during simulation training in psychiatry. The results of this 3 studies will aim at building a formative and summative assessment tool of competences specific to this pedagogic context.
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Age range
18 year and older
Sex eligibility
All sexes
Study type
Observational
Primary location
About this study
Methodology: Mixed method study with:
Qualitative : Grounded Theory analysis of :
- Semi-structured interview of learners and teachers
- Learning written traces of students
Quantitative features:
- Self-reported questionnaires on satisfaction
- Sociodemographical data and others questions
Who can participate
Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
Inclusion criteria
- Age > to 18 years old
- Undergraduate medical fourth-year student of Paris Descartes University
- Taking part in an obligatory doctor-patient relationship training, including role play, simulated consultation, Balint group and courses
- Draw by lot
- French or English language
- Agreement
Exclusion criteria
- Refusal of agreement
- Undergraduate medical fourth-year student of Paris Descartes University who couldn't take part in an obligatory doctor-patient relationship training, including role play, simulated consultation, Balint group and courses
Treatment and study plan
Lecture
Other- Empathy (1 hour)
- Doctor- patient relationship (1, 5 hour)
Other names: Empathy and doctor-patient relationship
Simulation using Role play
Other- serious illness announcement
- abuse demand management
- reticent patient management
Other names: Doctor-patient relationship role play
Discussion group
OtherShare about clinical work experience and elaboration about psychoaffective and relational challenge
Other names: Balint Group
Simulation using Simulated patient
Other- HIV announcement
- Refuse of antibiotic prescription
Other names: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
Primary outcomes
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Learning processes
Time frame: 2 hours
Learning processes according to students and teachers' perspective evaluated by face-to-face semi-structured interviews, faced with analysis of students' written apprenticeship traces
Secondary outcomes
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supporting or preventing factors of learning
Time frame: 2 hours
according to students and teachers' perspective evaluated by face-to-face semi-structured interviews, faced with analysis of students' written apprenticeship traces
Sponsors and collaborators
Lead sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Other
Collaborators
- Fondation Friedlander
- URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin
Registry information
Official study title
Learning Process of Fourth Year Medical Students During an Obligatory Doctor-patient Relationship Training, Including Role Play, Simulated Consultation, Balint Group and Courses: a Mixed Method Study
Acronym: APTHERA
Important dates
- Study start
- 2018
- Primary completion
- 2018
- Study completion
- 2018
- First posted
- Jun 18, 2018
- Registry last updated
- Mar 27, 2026
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