Impact of Narrative Medicine (Workshop Reading Diaries) (INAMEDI)

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Status: Completed

Conditions: Empathy

Treatments: Behavioral: narrative medicine: reading workshop; Behavioral: critical reading

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01798290

RAV002 INAMEDI

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the impact of an educational program of Narrative Medicine "workshop reading diaries" dedicated to medical students on their empathy.

Design: Randomized Controlled Trial in 2 arms. Participants: Medical students (4th years) of the University Paris Descartes. Methods: participants will be randomized in 2 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 with lesson in small group of "workshop reading patients' diaries " vs "workshop reading literature".

Outcome: The primary endpoint will be a first measure of the empathy of the medical students. The secondary endpoints will be a second measure of the empathy of the medical student; satisfaction of the student relative to the educational program .

Potential interests: We believe that the workshop "reading patients' diaries" can develop the thinking of the student with respect to his behavior with the patient, and so the relation between student and patient.

Sample size expected: 200 participants.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All students in the fourth year of medical

Exclusion criteria

• refuse to participate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Behavioral: narrative medicine: reading workshop

Experimental group

Description:

Students allocated to the active comparator arm will follow 5 sessions in Class-led instruction of reading patients' diaries or nurses'diaries. They will be divided into eight subgroups of 12 students. The first and fifth sessions will be presential, and 2nd 3rd and 4th sessions will be homework to do on internet.

Treatment:

Behavioral: narrative medicine: reading workshop

Behavioral: critical reading

Active Comparator group

Description:

Students allocated to the active comparator arm will follow 5 sessions in Class-led instruction of reading literature. They will be divided into eight subgroups of 12 students. The first and fifth sessions will be presential, and 2nd 3rd and 4th sessions will be homework to do on internet.

Treatment:

Behavioral: critical reading