M-Well Bonding Bundle to Improve Patient-Physician Relationships

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Conditions studied: Physician-Patient Relations

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn more about the interaction between a patient in the hospital and their treating doctor. A good relationship between patients and their doctors can help improve patient care. Doctors will be asked to use strategies to improve their interactions with patients in the hospital. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Will using the intervention strategies improve doctors' empathy towards their patients? * Will using the intervention strategies lead to improved scores in patient views of doctors' empathy? There will be 2 study arms. One group of doctors will be asked to use the intervention strategies. The other group of doctors will provide care as they would normally. Researchers will compare the doctors in the intervention arm to those in the control arm. Doctors are the primary subjects for this study. The doctors in both study arms will be asked to do the following: 1. Allow study staff to observe the interaction between them and their patients. 2. Complete a brief survey at the end of their 2-week work rotation. Doctors who are in the intervention arm will be asked to use suggested strategies when visiting with patients in the hospital. Patients are secondary subjects for this study. Patients of participating doctors may be asked to do the following: 1. Allow study staff to observe the interaction between them and their doctors. 2. Complete a brief survey after meeting with their doctor.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06354920

Run by

University of Michigan

People needed

967

Starts

2024-04-08

Expected to finish

2026-02-28

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Attending physicians caring for hospitalized medical patients

You may not qualify if…

• Surgical attendings
• Residents
• Secondary Subjects - Patients
• Inclusion Criteria
• Hospitalized adult patient
• Patient of an enrolled physician in the study
• Exclusion Criteria:
• Cognitively impaired
• Unable to provide informed consent
• Does not speak English

Where it is running

• University of Michigan — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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