Micro-expression Reading Skill Training in Medical Students

Pusan National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Communication

Treatments: Other: Micro Expression Training Tool

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02601118

micro-expression reading

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was undertaken to investigate the effectiveness of the Micro Expression Training Tool (METT) and the Subtle Expression Training Tool (SETT) to help improve the non-verbal communication skills of medical students.

Full description

Teaching and assessing communication skills is an important component of medical school curricula, and it is not easy for medical students to develop non-verbal communication skills without adequate training. This study was undertaken to investigate the effectiveness of the Micro Expression Training Tool (METT) and the Subtle Expression Training Tool (SETT) to help improve the non-verbal communication skills of medical students.

Enrollment: 82 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Year 1 and 2 medical students, PNUSOM

Exclusion criteria

• incomplete survey response

Trial design

82 participants in 2 patient groups

training group

Experimental group

Description:

41 training students were pre-tested before education with Micro Expression Training Tool (METT) and Subtle Expression Training Tool (SETT) at baseline and then, took second METT and SETT tests after a 1-hour class about interpreting micro and subtle expressions.

Treatment:

Other: Micro Expression Training Tool

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

41 control students were pre-tested before education with METT and SETT at baseline and then, took the second tests without attend the training class.