Simulation Training
Conditions
Brief 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.
Detailed 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.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPedagogyc 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.
Sponsors
Facultad Ciencias de La Salud Universidad de Boyaca
Universidad de la Sabana
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 23 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| clinical reasoning | 1 Month | 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. |
Countries
Colombia
Outcome results
None listed