M-Well Bonding Bundle to Improve Patient-Physician Relationships
Engineering Whole Health Into Hospital Care to Improve Wellness: Bonding Bundle
University of Michigan
3,624 participants
Apr 8, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
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.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria4
- Primary Subjects - Physicians
- Attending physicians caring for hospitalized medical patients
- Hospitalized adult patient
- Patient of an enrolled physician in the study
Exclusion Criteria6
- Surgical attendings
- Residents
- Secondary Subjects - Patients
- Cognitively impaired
- Unable to provide informed consent
- Does not speak English
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Interventions
Doctors in the intervention arm will be asked to use suggested approaches while meeting with their hospitalized patients. The goal of these strategies is to improve the relationship and interactions between patients and physicians.
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NCT06354920