NCT04133727

Suiting up to Empathy

Suiting up to Teach Pharmacy Students Empathy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Monash University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 22 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Healthcare professionals with a positive attitude and empathetic towards older adults are at a better position to deliver quality healthcare. In this study, the investigators randomized pharmacy students to either a polypharmacy workshop or an immersive aging simulation suit and polypharmacy workshop to examine if simulation will enhance empathy levels among students

Detailed description

Healthcare professionals with a positive attitude and empathetic towards older adults are at a better position to deliver quality healthcare. In this study, the investigators randomized pharmacy students to either a polypharmacy workshop or an immersive aging simulation suit and polypharmacy workshop to examine if simulation will enhance empathy levels among students. This will be performed in all year 1 pharmacy students

Conditions

• Empathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Use of an ageing suit	The simulation suit consists of a pair glasses which simulates narrowing of visual field; a pair of gloves ; a vest ; elbow and knee wraps and sand bags worn on the wrists and ankles
OTHER	Polypharmacy workshop	Participants will conduct a full medication review for older adults within 1 hour and develop a medication list which can be used for counselling of older adults

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-01
• Primary completion: 2018-08-01
• Completion: 2018-09-01
• First posted: 2019-10-21
• Last updated: 2019-10-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Malaysia