NCT02645643

Brief Summary

The doctor-patient relationship was becoming worse. More and more work-related violence has happened to physicians and nurses. A portion of medical students felt depressed and thought that the career future was gloomy. The study was designed to measure the empathy, an vital element of professionalism, well-being of mental and study emotion. Furthermore, the investigators explored an intervention of group study to promote medical students' professionalism, mental health and study emotion.

Trial Health

35
At Risk

Trial Health Score

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Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
200

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for phase_3

Timeline
Completed

Started Dec 2015

Shorter than P25 for phase_3

Status
unknown

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

December 1, 2015

Completed
24 days until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

December 25, 2015

Completed
11 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

January 5, 2016

Completed
8 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

September 1, 2016

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

September 1, 2016

Completed
Last Updated

May 26, 2016

Status Verified

May 1, 2016

Enrollment Period

9 months

First QC Date

December 25, 2015

Last Update Submit

May 25, 2016

Conditions

Mental Health

Keywords

medical studentsprofessionalismmedical educationstudy emotion

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Medical students' empathy

    we plan to use the scale"The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy" to measure medical students' empathy

    3 months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

  • Medical students' burnout

    3 months

  • Quality of life of Medical students

    3 months

  • Medical students' self-efficiency

    3 months

  • Medical students' depression

    3 months

Study Arms (2)

intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical students rolled into this group would accept education of medical humanities.

Other: Education of medical humanities

control group

NO INTERVENTION

Medical students rolled into this group would not gain education of medical humanities.

Interventions

Education of medical humanitiesOTHER

The medical students in the intervention group would gain education about the medical humanities, but not the control group.

intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 25 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

  • age 18 to 25 years
  • junior students majoring in clinical medicine
  • no mental diseases previously

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Related Publications (4)

  • Schwenk TL, Davis L, Wimsatt LA. Depression, stigma, and suicidal ideation in medical students. JAMA. 2010 Sep 15;304(11):1181-90. doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.1300.

    PMID: 20841531BACKGROUND

  • Reed DA, Shanafelt TD, Satele DW, Power DV, Eacker A, Harper W, Moutier C, Durning S, Massie FS Jr, Thomas MR, Sloan JA, Dyrbye LN. Relationship of pass/fail grading and curriculum structure with well-being among preclinical medical students: a multi-institutional study. Acad Med. 2011 Nov;86(11):1367-73. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182305d81.

    PMID: 21952063BACKGROUND

  • Chen D, Lew R, Hershman W, Orlander J. A cross-sectional measurement of medical student empathy. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Oct;22(10):1434-8. doi: 10.1007/s11606-007-0298-x. Epub 2007 Jul 26.

    PMID: 17653807BACKGROUND

  • Rong R, Chen W, Dai Z, Gu J, Chen W, Zhou Y, Kuang M, Xiao H. Improvement of the management of mental well-being and empathy in Chinese medical students: a randomized controlled study. BMC Med Educ. 2021 Jul 10;21(1):378. doi: 10.1186/s12909-021-02813-6.

    PMID: 34246265DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal SatisfactionBehavior

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 3
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Professor

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

December 25, 2015

First Posted

January 5, 2016

Study Start

December 1, 2015

Primary Completion

September 1, 2016

Study Completion

September 1, 2016

Last Updated

May 26, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-05