Impact of Early Implementation of Narrative Medicine Techniques on Patient Centered Attitudes of Medical Students

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Conditions studied: Narrative Medicine, Chronic Disease, Terminal Illness, Cancer, Diabetes Mellitus, Cystic Fibrosis, Rheumatologic Disorder, Oncologic Disorders, Hematologic Diseases

In brief

A qualitative study assessing the impact of early narrative medicine practice on Medical Honors Program (MHP) students' attitudes regarding patient-centered interactions, through interviewing patients with chronic or life-limiting illnesses to obtain their illness stories. MHP students will develop a patient narrative for the patients interviewed. These narratives will be edited by the patient, and, with the permission of the patients, may be published as a collection of stories.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03041571

Run by

University of Florida

People needed

0

Starts

2017-03-01

Expected to finish

2019-10-18

Last updated by the study team

2020-01-06

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient inclusion criteria:
• Patient of Shands UF Health or Shands Children's hospital
• Children must be at least 8 years old
• Patients diagnosed with chronic or potentially life-limiting illnesses
• Patients must be English speaking
• Student Inclusion criteria
• UF students enrolled in the Medical Honors Program
• Medical Honors students must be up to date on HIPAA training and Confidentiality statement agreement
• Students must take the Medical Humanities course
• UF college of medicine students

You may not qualify if…

• Patient exclusion criteria:
• Anyone that the medical social worker or Child life specialist feels would be unwilling or unable to participate in the study
• Patients who at the time of interview are unfit to communicate (ex. Ventilated, comatose)
• Patients less than eight years old
• Patients that do not speak English
• Student exclusion criteria:
• Students not enrolled in the UF College of Medicine
• Students not enrolled in the Medical Humanities course

Where it is running

• University of Florida — Gainesville, Florida, United States

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