Clinical trialNCT06654310Enrolling, by, invitationObservational

The Fundamentals of Communication in Surgery

SponsorUniversity of Wisconsin, MadisonEnrollment600Communication ProgramsCommunication Research

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Summary

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The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the impact of the FCS curriculum on achieving the learning objectives and resident reported self-efficacy with communication skills and determine the scalability of the training across a range of general surgery training programs

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Investigators

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Margaret (Gretchen) L Schwarze, MD, MPP
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 16 Sept 2024
Primary completion: 1 May 2027
Completion: 1 Jul 2027
Last update posted: 30 Sept 2025
Registered enrollment: 600
Registry id: NCT06654310

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