NCT05504824

The Effect of Case-Based Education on the Development of Nursing Students' Clinical Reasoning Skills

The Effect of Case-Based Education on the Development of Nursing Students' Clinical Reasoning Skills in Critical Illness: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 22 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ankara University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Aim: This study was conducted to determine the effect of case-based education on the development of clinical reasoning skills of nursing students in critical illnesses. Methods: The study was conducted between January 20 and June 30, 2021 using a pilot randomized controlled trial design. In the study, 22 volunteer students were assigned to the experimental and control groups by simple randomization. The experimental group was given case-based education to improve their clinical reasoning skills, and the control group continued the standard education process. Data were collected using a Student Information Form, the Clinical Reasoning Case Form (CRCF), the Student Satisfaction with Education Questionnaire, and a Form for Views on the Education. In the evaluation of data, frequency values, Fisher exact test, Mann-Whitney U, and Wilcoxon tests, Cohen's d coefficient for effect size, ITT analysis, and covariance analysis were used.

Detailed description

Aim of the study This study was conducted to determine the effect of case-based education on the development of nursing students' clinical reasoning skills in critical illnesses. Research hypotheses H01: There is no difference between the experimental group and the control group in terms of their CRCF scores. H02: Case-based education on clinical reasoning has no positive effect on student satisfaction.

Conditions

• Clinical Reasoning
• Critical Illness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Case-based education	The education phase This stage included the explanation of the CR process, the analysis of CR cases, the drafting of new cases suitable for the CR process by students, and the analysis process. The education program was carried out on a web platform (Zoom) consistent with the changes in the COVID-19 pandemic process. The CR cases to be used in case-based education were sent to the students via e-mail before the group interview to make sure students came prepared for the group discussion. In case-based education, after the students read the case, they were asked some questions to determine their decisions and reasoning.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-05-18
• Primary completion: 2021-06-28
• Completion: 2021-06-30
• First posted: 2022-08-17
• Last updated: 2022-08-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)