Simulation in Physical Therapy Students

Simulation Training Clinical Trial

Official title:

CLINICAL SIMULATION IN PHYSIOTHERAPY STUDENTS IN CLINICAL COMPETENCE FOR INTERACT WITH PEOPLE WITH LOW BACK PAIN. COLOMBIA

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04428892
• Other study ID #: ENF-19-2017
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: December 20, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: June 2020
• Source: Universidad de la Sabana
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: December 20, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: May 20, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 23 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Simulation Training

Intervention

Behavioral:
• 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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Colombia	Carolina Sandoval	Tunja

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad de la Sabana	Facultad Ciencias de La Salud Universidad de Boyaca

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Colombia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	clinical reasoning	The Objetive structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE) was designed and validated, with the proposal to asses the physiotherapeutic clinical reasoning in Low Back Pain people, The OCSE have included 7 stations for assesing the clinical reasoning students.	1 Month