NCT03795077

Effect of a Programme Based on Professional Ethics in Physiotherapy Students

Effect of a Higher Education Programme Based on Professional Ethics in Physiotherapy Students

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 241 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Valencia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a higher education programme based on professional ethics in physiotherapy students. A simple-blind clinical trial was performed. A three-months program based in professional ethics was carried out. The investigators compared a control group (traditonal lectures) with an intervention group (syllabus, activities, face to face techniques). Students´ attitudes, knowledge, professional values, and opinions towards professional ethics were evaluated before and after the programme, in both groups. All participants were informed about the study and procedures, and provided written informed consent.

Detailed description

Participants. Second-year degree students of Physiotherapy Degree at the University, aged between 20 and 30 years, were recruited voluntarily from January 2019 to April 2019 . All enrolled participants were informed of the purpose of the study and procedures, and provided written informed consent. The study was carried out at the institution where the authors belong. Research design. A prospective simple-blind trial was performed. After baseline assessment, participants were allocated to one of the two groups (control group and experimental group). An external assistant not involved in the study performed assignment. Intervention. A Physiotherapy professor with over-10-year experience in Ethics and Physiotherapy performed the teaching methodology and opened the allocation envelopes and applied the teaching methodology to the EG according to the group assignment. The intervention consisted of a three-month program based in professional ethics, including two phases: A) syllabus and activities; and B) face to face group sessions including techniques such as concept maps, glossaries, brainstorming, four corners activity, aquarium, philip 6-6, kahoot, Realm Individual-Process Situation, reduced groups, guided debates, and discussion groups.

Conditions

• Ethics

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Experimental group	Experimental group followed the 3-months programme based in professional ethics. A specific syllabus about Professional Ethics was developed. It consisted of 6 themes and included topics as moral values, ethics and moral, bioethics and professional ethics, ecc. Six related activities were created: to solve situations related to real clinical practices. Face to face group sessions based on cooperative learning were planned. Students were divided in small groups, and active participation techniques were used.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-02
• Primary completion: 2019-04-30
• Completion: 2021-03-23
• First posted: 2019-01-07
• Last updated: 2021-04-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain