Communication Skill Training Program for Occupational Therapy Interns

NCT ID: NCT05434221

Last Updated: 2022-06-27

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

216 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-10-23

Study Completion Date

2025-12-30

Brief Summary

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Effective communication is one of important skills in occupational therapy (OT) practice, affecting the effectiveness and quality of therapy. Although there are only a few courses on communication skills related to OT, there is a lack of a complete, suitable, and evidence-based OT communication skills teaching programs that can effectively improve the interns' communication skills. The purpose of the study is to develop a communication skills training program for occupational therapy interns in physical dysfunction practice (COPE), and examine the effectiveness of COPE.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Education, Medical

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Experiment group

interns in the experiment group receive COPE during their internship.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

COPE

Intervention Type OTHER

The experimental group receives the COPE during their internships. The COPE consists of two part: (1) communication skills teaching and simulation practice; (2) clinical communication teaching: record the clinical treatment process of the interns and turn them into verbatim drafts. Experts then complied the strengths and weaknesses of the interns' communication skills based on the verbatim manuscripts and gave feedback on the interns' communication skills.

The interns in the experimental group will participate 1 time of the communication skills teaching and simulation practice, and 3 times of the clinical communication teaching in three months.

Control group

interns in the control group do not receive any specific communication training during their internship.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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COPE

The experimental group receives the COPE during their internships. The COPE consists of two part: (1) communication skills teaching and simulation practice; (2) clinical communication teaching: record the clinical treatment process of the interns and turn them into verbatim drafts. Experts then complied the strengths and weaknesses of the interns' communication skills based on the verbatim manuscripts and gave feedback on the interns' communication skills.

The interns in the experimental group will participate 1 time of the communication skills teaching and simulation practice, and 3 times of the clinical communication teaching in three months.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

\[interns\]

* age ≥ 20 years
* an intern of occupational therapy

\[patients\]

* age ≥ 20 years
* enable to communicate with the others

Exclusion Criteria

\[interns\]

* unwilling to be recorded

\[patients\]

* have communication barriers
* unwilling to be recorded
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Taiwan University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Taiwan

Central Contacts

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Sheau-Ling Huang, Ph.D.

Role: CONTACT

+886-3366-8179

Facility Contacts

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Sheau-Ling Huang

Role: primary

+886-3366-8179

References

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Calhoun AW, Rider EA, Peterson E, Meyer EC. Multi-rater feedback with gap analysis: an innovative means to assess communication skill and self-insight. Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Sep;80(3):321-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.06.027. Epub 2010 Jul 17.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20638814 (View on PubMed)

Peterson EB, Calhoun AW, Rider EA. The reliability of a modified Kalamazoo Consensus Statement Checklist for assessing the communication skills of multidisciplinary clinicians in the simulated environment. Patient Educ Couns. 2014 Sep;96(3):411-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.07.013. Epub 2014 Jul 19.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25103180 (View on PubMed)

Wu TY, Lien BY, Lequerica AH, Lu WS, Hsieh CL. Development and Validation of the Occupational Therapy Engagement Scale for Patients with Stroke. Occup Ther Int. 2019 Mar 6;2019:3164254. doi: 10.1155/2019/3164254. eCollection 2019.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 30962799 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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202006114RINC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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