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Filter by:Use of dressing is common place following surgery, allowing for wounds to be covered and protected. Dressing material with adhesive contact layers or adhesive tape is integral to sealing off the wound. Mechanical stripping of stratum corneum during dressing removal causes pain and discomfort. During dressing removal, practitioners may at times apologize as a function of empathy. Previous study investigated speed of dressing removal and its effect on discomfort during dressing change. In this study, the investigators aim to investigate how empathy expressed in form of saying "sorry" affect the perception of pain during dressing change?
Impulsivity describes the tendency to make risky and unplanned decisions, to pick immediate reward over a bigger reward after a period of time or to not be able to resist the urge to do something. Empathy refers to the ability to be sensitive to and vicariously experience other people's feelings and to create working models of emotional states. Recent neuroscientific research have found that the right frontal part of the brain (left dorsal lateral frontal cortex, LDLPFC) is important in the control of impulsive behaviour and empathy. Self-report questionnaires have been proven valid measures at assessing impulsivity and empathy. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is a widely used non-invasive brain stimulation procedure; stimulation can be applied at different brain regions depending on the administration method. It temporally changes the way that this part of the brain functions, providing us a further understanding of how this part works. Recent research has found that rTMS on the LDLPFC changes performance-based tasks measuring different types of impulsivity and empathy. This study aims to investigate this further to look at the RDLPFC stimulation and its effects on empathy and two different types of impulsivity. Of interest is also how innate impulsive personality type and empathy trait relate to performance on these tasks.
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.
This pilot study will test the use of visual cues to engage food service workers in protecting patrons with food allergies. Food service workers from Philadelphia quick-service restaurants were recruited to participate in a survey of attitudes that includes an embedded randomized experiment testing an experimental cue (photograph of an allergic child) to increase workers' engagement and empathy.
The purpose of this study is to observe whether people would report being less likely to sue a physician who shows more empathy when giving a patient potentially bad news regarding their medical condition.
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.
Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the impact of an educational program of Narrative Medicine "workshop reflexive writing "dedicated to medical students on the satisfaction of standardized patients. Design: Randomized Controlled Trial in 2 arms. Participants: Medical students (4th years) of the University Paris Descartes. Methods: Participants will be randomized in two 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 in Class-led instruction "workshop reflexive writing "vs "workshop reading medical publication". Outcome: The primary endpoint will be the satisfaction of standardized patient relative to the empathy of the medical students. The secondary endpoints will be the empathy of the medical students; recommendation of the student by the standardized patients to friends or relatives; students' satisfaction. Potential interests: The investigators believe that the workshop "reflexive writing" can develop the thinking of the student with respect to his behavior with the patient, and so the relation between student and patient.
Our research hypothesis is that residents who participate in the empathy and relational skills training modules will significantly improve in these skills as compared to a control group of residents who receive residency training as usual that includes the current standard training in the doctor-patient relationship. To evaluate this hypothesis, we will use a two-pronged approach to assessment. The first prong is the residents' self assessment of empathy and the second is from the patients' perspective.