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NCT Number: NCT05685082

Teaching the Social Determinants of Health to Nursing Students With Simulation

The goal of this intervention study is to compare two different simulation modalities (standardized patient and manikin-based) in nursing student education. The main aim is to determine the effect of new scenarios on cultural awareness levels in two different types of simulation modalities and to determine the effect of new scenarios on social determinants of health knowledge levels in two different types of simulation modalities.

Participants will assign to two groups and will attend simulation sessions.

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Key information

Conditions

Simulation of Physical Illness Nurse's Role

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Massachusetts Boston

Boston, Massachusetts, 02125, United States

About this study

The simulation session will contain prebriefing, simulation, and debriefing. The participants will be assigned to the simulation session.

  • The first group will be the standardized patient group. They will ask to fill out the Cultural Awareness Scale and social determinants of health knowledge. Then, they will attend prebriefing, standardized patient simulation, and debriefing.
  • The second group will be the manikin-based group. They will ask to fill out the Cultural Awareness Scale and social determinants of health knowledge. Then, they will attend prebriefing, manikin-based simulation, and debriefing.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • being enrolled in Nursing in the Community course
  • accepting to be a participant
  • accepting to be recorded

Exclusion criteria

  • not attending at least one of the prebriefing, simulation, or debriefing sessions

Treatment and study plan

Standardized patient simulation

Behavioral

The standardized patient simulation participants will receive a simulation with standardized patients on how to identify social determinants of health in an individual

Manikin-based simulation

Behavioral

The manikin-based simulation participants will receive a simulation with manikins on how to identify social determinants of health in an individual

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline cultural awareness level on the 36 questions Cultural Awareness Scale

    Time frame: Three hour

    The Cultural Awareness Scale is a validated, reliable, and self-reported instrument assessing cultural awareness levels. Each statement is graded from 1=Strongly Disagree to 7=Strongly Agree. While lower scores indicate less cultural awareness, higher scores indicate greater cultural awareness (minimum = 36, maximum = 252).

  2. Change from baseline social determinants knowledge on the 10 questions Social Determinants of Health Survey

    Time frame: Three hour

    Social Determinants of Health Survey is a 10-question multiple-choice survey created by researchers by searching the literature. The number of responses to the answer choice is determined. The lower scores indicate fewer social determinants of health knowledge and higher scores indicate greater social determinants of health knowledge (minimum = 0, maximum = 10).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Massachusetts, Boston

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Teaching the Social Determinants of Health to Nursing Students With Culturally Diverse Simulation: A Quasi Experimental Trial

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Jan 13, 2023
Registry last updated
Jan 26, 2024

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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