Protocol Number: 08-HG-0122

Title:

Patient-Provider Communication and Interaction in a Virtual Clinical Setting

Number:

08-HG-0122

Summary:

This study will investigate factors surrounding use and application of scientific literature in patient-provider interactions and will examine facets of the patient-provider interaction itself as studied in a virtual encounter using virtual reality.

Healthy third- or fourth-year medical students or first-year medical interns in internal medicine and family practice specialties may be eligible for this study. Participants are recruited from the Washington, D.C., area.

Study subjects perform two tasks and complete two sets of questions. The first task involves reading scientific content on a health topic of public interest and explaining the article as if to a patient. The second task involves interacting with a virtual patient in a virtual environment clinical scenario. While in the virtual environment, the subject wears a head-mounted video unit that allows him or her to see elements of the environment. The activities in the virtual environment take about 15 minutes. The total time for the study is about 60 minutes.

Sponsoring Institute:

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

Recruitment Detail

Type: Participants currently recruited/enrolled

Gender: Male & Female

Referral Letter Required: No

Population Exclusion(s): Children

Eligibility Criteria:

INCLUSION CRITERIA:

Healthy adult volunteers who are third or fourth-year medical students or first-year medical interns in internal medicine and family practice specialties.

Special Instructions:

Currently Not Provided

Keywords:

Patient Provider Interaction

Physician Training

Recruitment Keyword(s):

Patient Provider Training

Physician Training

Condition(s):

Healthy

Investigational Drug(s):

None

Investigational Device(s):

None

Intervention(s):

Behavioral: Administration of information

Supporting Site:

National Human Genome Research Institute

Contact(s):

Susan Persky, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health
Building 31
Room B1B54D
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Phone: (301) 443-0098
Fax: Not Listed
Electronic Address: perskys@mail.nih.gov

Citation(s): Not Provided

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