A Blended Learning to Enhance Communication Skill Competence and Self-Efficacy of Nursing Students in Clinical Handovers

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

96 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-12-16

Study Completion Date

2020-06-08

Brief Summary

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This study aimed to examine the efficacy of a blended learning programme in enhancing the communication skill competence and self-efficacy of final-year nursing students in conducting clinical handovers.

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Detailed Description

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A clinical handover refers to the process of transferring the relevant information and facilitating continuity of patient care from one healthcare provider to another. It is an essential nursing practice that ensures patient safety. The information transmitted during the handover must be clear, concise and systematic to facilitate the provision of continuous patient care. Ambiguous communication and unsystematically transmitted information can often impede the clarity of ideas, result in the omission of important patient information and delay medical treatment, consequently endangering the safety of patients. Nursing students and newly graduated nurses often struggle with clinical handovers due to a lack of communication skill competence and self-efficacy in performing this practice.

Blended learning programmes (BLPs) are commonly used as constructivist pedagogical approaches in nursing education. BLPs have been used successfully to teach theoretical courses and psychomotor skills in nursing education and have been proven to benefit the knowledge, self-efficacy, motivation, attitudes and perceived competence of students. However, no studies that examine the efficiency of BLPs in enhancing the communication skill competence and self-efficacy of nursing students in conducting clinical handovers have been found. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the efficacy of BLP in improving the communication skill competence and self-efficacy of nursing students in conducting clinical handovers.

Conditions

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Self Efficacy Nursing Communication

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

The assessor was blinded to the group assignment so that the scores remained unbiased.

Study Groups

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Experimental group

The participants in the experimental group received a blended learning programme with face-to-face training and an online module on handover practice.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

A Blended Learning Programme

Intervention Type OTHER

A blended learning programme with face-to-face training and an online module on handover practice

waitlist control group

The participants in the waitlist control group received the same face-to-face training workshop as the experimental group. However, these participants were invited to access the online module only after data collection was completed.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Waitlist control group

Intervention Type OTHER

The participants in the waitlist control group received the same face-to-face training workshop as the experimental group. However, these participants were invited to access the online module only after data collection was completed

Interventions

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A Blended Learning Programme

A blended learning programme with face-to-face training and an online module on handover practice

Intervention Type OTHER

Waitlist control group

The participants in the waitlist control group received the same face-to-face training workshop as the experimental group. However, these participants were invited to access the online module only after data collection was completed

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* were Hong Kong residents who could speak Cantonese and read Chinese and English
* were aged at least 18 years
* had not previously enrolled in a clinical handover training programme.