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| The Arnold P. Gold Foundation | OTHER |
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The effect of medical humanities on medical student bias and clinical management is unclear. This study characterized medical student attitudes toward obese individuals and whether reading a play employing empathic characters can modulate negative reactions.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theater | Experimental | 1-hour dramatic reading of "The Most Massive Woman Wins" |
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| Lecture | Active Comparator | 1-hour lecture on the medical management of obese patients |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Medical Lecture | Behavioral |
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| Dramatic Reading |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Explicit fat bias | Assessment of conscious bias against fat people (unit of measure from 11 to 99). | four months |
| implicit fat bias | Measurement using the implicit association test (IAT) with scores from -2.0 to +2.0. | four months |
| empathy scale | Score of Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE) from 20 to 180. | four months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Patient-Centered Care | Open-ended question on the clinical management of an asymptomatic, obese, elderly woman who is otherwise healthy, with coding for a response that is either patient-centered (ie: asking patient preferences and goals) or prescriptive (ie: telling the patient to diet and/or exercise). | four months |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Richard L Kravitz, MD, MSPH | UC Davis School of Medicine | Principal Investigator |
| Rachel Hammer, BA | Mayo Medical School | Study Director |
| Johanna Shapiro, PhD | UC Irvine School of Medicine | Study Director |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| UC Davis School of Medicine | Sacramento | California | 95817 | United States |
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| Appraisal of obesity |
An open-ended question asking participants whether they felt obesity was primarily an issue of discrimination (ie: civil rights) or a public health concern (ie: medical). |
| four months |