Impact of a Relation Training on Empathy of Medical Student (EMPATHIE)

University of Paris 5 - Rene Descartes

Status: Completed

Conditions: Empathy

Treatments: Other: Relation learning; Other: Control group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02681380

01004

Details and patient eligibility

About

Empathy is an important skill to learn for medical student. However, learning empathy remain difficult. The investigators aim was to assess the efficacy of a specific training, Balint like, on the empathy abilities of medical students in the 4th year. The investigators planned a randomized controlled trial in 3 universities.

Enrollment: 352 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Medical student in the 4th year

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

352 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Relation learning

Experimental group

Description:

Participants of this group will benefit form a specific learning on relation, Balint like. They will have 7 sessions during 3 months.

Treatment:

Other: Relation learning

Control group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Participants of this group will have no learning related to relation with patient.

Treatment:

Other: Control group