The Effects of Board Game in Learning Medication Knowledge Among Nursing Students

NCT ID: NCT04236024

Last Updated: 2021-03-03

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 69 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-09-29
• Study Completion Date: 2021-02-28

Brief Summary

Background: Maintaining patient safety is one of the primary tasks of a professional nurse. Correct identification of medicine, understanding of pharmacological mechanisms and side effects are the basic academic knowledge that each nurse must possess. Therefore, it is an important duty for nursing teachers to teach students the knowledge of drugs and use them correctly in clinical practice. In this way, the safety of patients can be guaranteed and the quality of care can be improved. Board games have been used for study in different subjects, and they all have visible effects. Their competitive and entertaining qualities make learning more interesting and allow students to learn in a pleasant atmosphere. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of using board games to teach medication knowledge to nursing students.

Methodology: This is a randomized controlled trial study. Convenience sampling will be applied in one university in Northern Taiwan.It is expected that 60-100 participants will be recruited and randomly assigned to the experimental group and comparison group by computer. The experimental group will use board game to learn medication, while the comparison group will be taught in a traditional way. The questionnaires will be conducted before the intervention, after the intervention, and one month later. The time for completing questionnaire is about 5~15 minutes. The questionnaires include demographic information, medication knowledge questionnaire, and learning satisfaction questionnaire. This study will use SPSS 22.0 software for data analysis, including frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, chi-square, and generalized estimation equation (GEE).

Expected results: This study will be able to understand the effects of board games in learning medication among nursing students.

Conditions

Knowledge

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Experimental group

The students in this group will learn medication knowledge by using board game.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Board game

Intervention Type: OTHER

The students in the experimental group will play board game to learn medication about 30-60 minutes.

Comparison group

The students in this group will learn medication knowledge through tradition lecture.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Traditional lecture

Intervention Type: OTHER

The students in the comparison group will receive medication lecture using PPT slides about 30-60 minutes.

Interventions

Board game

The students in the experimental group will play board game to learn medication about 30-60 minutes.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Traditional lecture

The students in the comparison group will receive medication lecture using PPT slides about 30-60 minutes.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Nursing student The student who has not yet taken a practicum course

Exclusion Criteria

The student who had already taken a pharmacology course or is taking a pharmacology course.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Taipei Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Yeu-Hui Chuang, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Taipei Medical University

Locations

Taipei Medical University

Taipei, , Taiwan

Countries

Taiwan

Other Identifiers

N201912063

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id