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NCT Number: NCT05208151

Creative Drama in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Education

Candidates who will provide the health services of the future should be ready to provide the safe and best health care services. In order to achieve this, it is recommended to use new training programs and methods that will provide similar situations to the working environment in the training of health workers. There are very few studies on the empathy and communication perceptions that creative drama education will create with the patient on physiotherapy and rehabilitation department students. Therefore, this study, the investigators aimed to investigate the perceived effect of communication skills training integrated with creative drama on physiotherapy and rehabilitation students' empathy and communication skills that will develop with the patient.

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Key information

Conditions

Educational Problems

Age range

18 year–25 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Acıbadem University

Istanbul, +90, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Being willing to take FZT 233 Effective Communication with Creative Drama in Health course in any of the fall or spring semesters.

Exclusion criteria

  • Desire to take FZT 233 Effective Communication with Creative Drama in Health course at his own request.
  • Not wanting to participate in the study
  • Having a diagnosed psychological disorder and/or receiving psychological treatment

Treatment and study plan

Creative Drama Education

Other

Effective Communication with Creative Drama in Health Course will be given to students for 2 hours a week for 14 weeks.

Primary outcomes

  1. interpersonal communication questionnaire

    Time frame: Change from Baseline interpersonal communication questionnaire at 14 weeks

    It is stated that the first four items are related to communication anxiety and the last four items are related to communication trust. Each item has a 5-point Likert scale between 1 = strongly disagree 5 = strongly agree. High values indicate poor communication

  2. Jefferson Doctor Empathy Scale

    Time frame: Change from Baseline Jefferson Doctor Empathy Scale at 14 weeks

    The score range is 20-140, with higher average scores representing higher levels of empathy.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Visual analog scale-communication

    Time frame: Change from Baseline Visual analog scale at 14 weeks

    A visual analog scale between 0 and 10 will be used to evaluate the communication that may occur when students go into clinical practice at the beginning and end of the term and when they meet the patient. Zero will be set to none, 10 will be set to the maximum I can think of.

  2. Visual analog scale-anxiety/stress

    Time frame: Change from Baseline Visual analog scale at 14 weeks

    A visual analog scale between 0 and 10 will be used to evaluate the anxiety/stress that may occur when students go into clinical practice at the beginning and end of the term and when they meet the patient. Zero will be set to none, 10 will be set to the maximum I can think of.

  3. Visual analog scale-motivation

    Time frame: Change from Baseline Visual analog scale at 14 weeks

    A visual analog scale between 0 and 10 will be used to evaluate the motivation that may occur when students go into clinical practice at the beginning and end of the term and when they meet the patient. Zero will be set to none, 10 will be set to the maximum I can think of.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Acibadem University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Perceived Effect of Communication Skills Education Integrated With Creative Drama on Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Students' Empathy and Communication Skills to Develop With the Patient: A Randomized Controlled Study

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Jan 26, 2022
Registry last updated
Jun 16, 2022

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