Simulation-based Training Improves Competency in Communicating Bad News

Simulation of Physical Illness Clinical Trial

Official title:

Simulation-based Training Improves Medical Student Competency in Communicating Bad News to Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05648760
• Other study ID #: 2022ZDYYLL01
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 12, 2022
• Est. completion date: September 2023

Study information

• Verified date: December 2022
• Source: Southeast University, China
• Contact: Jingyuan Xu, M.D.
• Phone: 86-025-83262550
• Email: 13851417209[@]163.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Delivering bad news is a task that doctors encounter daily in most medical practices, especially in Intensive Care Unit, where morbidity and mortality are high. The objective of this project was to demonstrate effectiveness of an educational program using simulation-based training intervention to teach medical students to deliver bad news and communicate more effectively with families.

Description:

Delivering bad news is a task that doctors encounter daily in most medical practices, especially in Intensive Care Unit, where morbidity and mortality are high. The term "bad news" refers to any information transmitted to patients or their families that directly or indirectly involves a negative change in their lives or view of their future. Existing reports show that practicing doctors and residents lack confidence and skill in performing this task, and most have never received any formal training. Breaking bad news is a complex task requiring many skills including communication, responding to emotional reactions, and involving the family members. The objective of this project was to demonstrate effectiveness of an educational program using simulation-based training intervention to teach medical students to deliver bad news and communicate more effectively with families. We hypothesize that simulation-based training intervention will improve medical student competency in communicating bad news to patients.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: September 2023
• Est. primary completion date: September 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Residents working at the Intensive Care Unit.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Residents who are are available for the intervention or who don't have the appropriate number of meetings captured for data analysis

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Simulation of Physical Illness

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Simulation training
Participants randomized to the simulation condition received simulation training based on a standard training of how to communicate bad news to patients

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Zhongda hospital	Nanjing	Jiangsu

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Southeast University, China

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of Participants with competency in communicating bad news behavioral measure	Number of Participants with competency in communicating bad news behavioral measure	One month after training