NCT04428892

Simulation in Physical Therapy Students

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de la Sabana · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 23 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• Simulation Training

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-03-01
• Primary completion: 2019-05-20
• Completion: 2019-12-20
• First posted: 2020-06-11
• Last updated: 2020-06-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Colombia