Enhancing Clinical and Cultural Virtual Encounter in Health Professional Students: 3 Is (Internationalization, Innovation, Interdisciplinary) in Action

This is a cross-over randomized control study with 3 time-points' measurement. This study is mainly to evaluate if the online pedagogic innovative learning modules could benefit students through their interprofessional and intercultural virtual encounters, with a focus on assessing their cultural awareness, interprofessional attitude and online learning engagement.

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Key information

Conditions

Interprofessional Education

Age range

18 year–40 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

5/F, Academic Building, 3 Sassoon Road

Hong Kong, 852

About this study

This study aims to promote and implement internationalization, innovative and intedisciplinary teaching and learning strategies through the set up of online modules of selected topics of interest. The specific objectives are: :

To enhance the educational outcomes of students from respective health disciplines in interdisciplinary learning via case-based clinical scenarios adopted in the online modules; To develop internationalization experience among students of different countries in terms of intercultural learning through the cultural exchange; To assess level of students' empowerment in active learning via 'student-as-partner' initiatives in the cultural exchange; To evaluate the effectiveness of online learning engagement among students through participating in the online modules.

Based on the Phase of Engagement Framework, two online orthopaedic modules focusing on interprofessional and intercultural educations on low back pain (LBP) and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) are developed. The students (n=104) are randomized into two groups using SNOSE. In the first module, one group receives a virtual reality (VR)-enhanced LBP education (intervention group), while the other group engages with a case study on LBP (control group). After a 3-week washout period, the groups cross over: the intervention group receives the VR-enhanced education on AIS, and the control group focuses on an AIS case study. Interprofessional learning experience, cultural awareness, and online learning engagement are measured using validated tools at three time points (baseline, after first and second modules).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

undergraduate healthcare students

Exclusion criteria

cannot communicate in English

Treatment and study plan

Virtual Reality Videos

Other

Based on the Phase of Engagement Framework, two online orthopaedic modules focusing on interprofessional and intercultural educations on low back pain (LBP) and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) were developed. The students (n=104) were randomized into two groups. In the first module, the Virtual Reality Group as the intervention group received a virtual reality (VR)-enhanced LBP education, while the Case-based Learning Group as the control group engaged with a case study on LBP. After a 3-week washout period, the groups crossed over: the the Virtual Reality Group as the intervention group received the VR-enhanced education on AIS, and the Case-based Learning Group as the control group focused on an AIS case study.

Primary outcomes

Students' Perceptions of Interprofessional Clinical education - Revised

Time frame: 2 months

Using Students' Perceptions of Interprofessional Clinical Education-Revised (SPICE-R) as the tool to measure the increased level of interprofessional learning experiences. The SPICE-R instrument includes ten items, and is divided into three factors: interprofessional teamwork and team-based practice (items 1, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10), roles/responsibilities for collaborative practice (items 2 and 7), and patient outcomes from collaborative practice (items 3 and 4). It is a 5-point Likert scales (1 = 'strongly disagree' and 5 = 'strongly agree') with score ranging from 10-50. SPICE-R was chosen for its strong psychometric properties including reliability and construct validity (Dominguez et al., 2016; Lockeman et al., 2017). The instrument has high composite reliability at 0.84, indicating strong validity based on established criteria. Higher score on SPICE-R reflect more positive interprofessional experiences.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

The University of Hong Kong

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Registry information

Acronym: 3I in action

Important dates

Study start: 2022
Primary completion: 2023
Study completion: 2023
First posted: Apr 4, 2025
Registry last updated: Apr 4, 2025

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