Clinical Trial: Educational intervention for behavioral economic communication skills using AI-simulated patients in diabetes care and validation of an assessment tool: A three-group comparative study among junior, specialty-trained, and expert physicians (Japan)

Tokyo, June 20 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000061418) titled 'A study to validate educational interventions and assessment tools for behavioral economics dialogue skills using AI-simulated patients in diabetes care' on June 20.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Basic Design - Single arm Randomization - Non-randomized Blinding - Open -no one is blinded Control - Self control

Primary Sponsor: Institute - Okayama University Hospital

Condition: Condition - Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO

Objective: Narrative objectives1 - To evaluate the educational efficacy (improvement in communication skills and self-efficacy) of behavioral economic communication training using AI-simulated patients among junior, specialty-trained, and expert physicians. This study also aims to compare the learning effects across these three experience levels and validate the construct validity of the AI-based scoring system using the expert physicians' dialogue data as a benchmark. Basic objectives2 - Others

Intervention: Interventions/Control_1 - A single session of behavioral economic communication training using AI-simulated patients (interaction with 3 cases and reviewing feedback, approx. 40-50 min) for three cohorts: (1) junior physicians (3-7 years post-grad), (2) specialty-trained physicians in Endocrinology and Diabetes, and (3) board-certified diabetologists.

Eligibility: Age-lower limit - 24 years-old <= Age-upper limit - Not applicable Gender - Male and Female Key inclusion criteria - Physicians who provided written informed consent.

Physicians meeting any of the following: Junior physicians (3-7 years post-grad), Specialty-trained physicians in Endocrinology and Diabetes (without Diabetology Board certification), or Board-certified Diabetologists. Key exclusion criteria - Those who have difficulty preparing an internet environment or device.

Those judged inappropriate by the principal investigator. Target Size - 43

Recruitment Status: Recruitment status - Preinitiation Date of protocol fixation - 2026 Year 06 Month 01 Day Anticipated trial start date - 2026 Year 07 Month 01 Day Last follow-up date - 2028 Year 03 Month 31 Day

To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000070279

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