Simulation in Physical Therapy Students

NCT ID: NCT04428892

Last Updated: 2020-06-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-03-01
• Study Completion Date: 2019-12-20

Brief Summary

This randomized trial included physiotherapy students, randomized in two groups, experimental one included simulation for developed competencies related to clinical reasoning in physiotherapy interventions for people with low back pain. The second group developed role-playing. this protocol allows us to compare two strategies with simulation for to promote clinical decisions in physiotherapy practice.

Detailed Description

Low back pain (LBP) is symptomatology with a high global prevalence; health professionals, including physiotherapists, must have the skills to create professional interaction plans that permit a better quality of life for consultants. Clinical simulation can be a pedagogic setting that facilitates students with adequate training to acquire skills that improve professional reasoning in this clinical situation. The objective of this study was to compare the effects of clinical simulation with a simulated patient (SP) versus simulation with role-playing (RP) in physiotherapy students for decision-making in clinical skills while caring for a person with LBP. Methods. An experimental study, with 42 participants from two Colombian universities, randomized into two groups (SP n = 21, RP n = 21). The clinical skill was evaluated during the interaction with a person with LBP for which the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE-ML) was validated for individuals with low back pain; thereafter, a pedagogical method was conducted that included clinical simulation and, finally, the OSCE-ML was applied again to compare both groups.

Conditions

Simulation Training

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Clinical Simulation

The group denominated SP received a teaching strategy based on a class session with simulated practice for decision-making in clinical skills when caring for a person with LBP. Each session lasted approximately 120 minutes, and the clinical case used for the SP sessions was subjected to face validity with experts in the area of study.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Pedagogyc Strategy

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Simulation can be used as a pedagogic tool that provides students with significant learning regarding decision-making in interacting with people, in this case patients with LBP. It is a potential strategy for developing diverse skills focused on the safety of the patient and the therapist.

Conventional Pedagogical strategy

received a class session based on a "role playing" simulation strategy, structured for the same purpose established in the SP group. This session lasted approximately 120 minutes, and the learning environment was the classroom in which students assumed different roles to act out; some of them acted as people with LBP and others as physiotherapists

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Pedagogyc Strategy

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Simulation can be used as a pedagogic tool that provides students with significant learning regarding decision-making in interacting with people, in this case patients with LBP. It is a potential strategy for developing diverse skills focused on the safety of the patient and the therapist.

Interventions

Pedagogyc Strategy

Simulation can be used as a pedagogic tool that provides students with significant learning regarding decision-making in interacting with people, in this case patients with LBP. It is a potential strategy for developing diverse skills focused on the safety of the patient and the therapist.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Physiotherapy students in five-semester from Universidad de La Sabana and Universidad de Boyacá

Exclusion Criteria

• under-age subjects
• those who had been internally or externally transferred from another academic program in health,
• exchange students
• those repeating
• with prior experiences in simulated practice in other assignments

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 23 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Facultad Ciencias de La Salud Universidad de Boyaca

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Universidad de la Sabana

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Carolina Sandoval

Tunja, , Colombia

Countries

Colombia

References

Sandoval-Cuellar C, Alfonso-Mora ML, Castellanos-Garrido AL, Del Pilar Villarraga-Nieto A, Goyeneche-Ortegon RL, Acosta-Otalora ML, Del Pilar Castellanos-Vega R, Cobo-Mejia EA. Simulation in physiotherapy students for clinical decisions during interaction with people with low back pain: randomised controlled trial. BMC Med Educ. 2021 Jul 9;21(1):375. doi: 10.1186/s12909-021-02812-7.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 34243767 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

ENF-19-2017

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id