NCT07010991

Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence Based Educational Approach in Developing Clinical Reasoning Skills

Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence Based Educational Approach in Developing Clinical Reasoning Skills in Physiotherapy Students

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Medipol University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In the context of this study, the 2nd and 3rd grade undergraduate students in Medipol University, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, will taken into an education program to increase and assess their theoretical knowledge level, clinical decision-making skills and attitudes towards interactive learning with artificial intelligence by applying the ChatGPT-supported PBL module and the results will be compared with traditional teaching methods.

Detailed description

In recent years, the use of artificial intelligence-based applications in the field of health education has been rapidly increasing; especially large language models such as ChatGPT have attracted attention in terms of providing rapid access to information and individualized learning opportunities. Utilizing this potential of artificial intelligence, especially in active learning methods such as problem-based learning (PBL), is seen as an approach that can strengthen student-centered education. It is reported in the literature that ChatGPT-supported learning applications yield positive results in medical education, increase theoretical success and provide significant improvements in clinical skills. However, applications specific to physiotherapy education are still limited in this regard. Physiotherapy education requires students to have not only theoretical knowledge but also versatile skills such as clinical decision-making, problem-solving, and patient communication. Therefore, it is important to systematically investigate the effect of ChatGPT-supported PBL applications on student performance and satisfaction. Professionals should be able to benefit from these systems when they do not know where to start in a different case, and students should be informed about this issue by academicians who are experts in their fields in the university environment. In order to prevent the misuse of these systems, it is thought that academicians should not avoid technology and should benefit from the interactive course processing and correct communication opportunities that these systems can create with patients. Today, teaching students how to use technology instead of telling them not to use it is very important for academic success. In this context, the aim of this study is to evaluate the student's theoretical knowledge level, clinical decision-making skills and attitudes towards interactive learning with artificial intelligence and compare them with traditional teaching methods by applying the ChatGPT-supported PBL module to volunteer groups consisting of undergraduate students of Istanbul Medipol University, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation.

Conditions

• Student
• Student Engagement
• Student Education

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	AI based clinical problem solving education	This direct involvement of AI and educators aims to improve learning outcomes by leveraging the scalability of AI and the expertise of educators. The question sets created by students and the answers obtained from ChatGPT are discussed within the group and prepared for class presentation, and the instructor provides feedback on accuracy, timeliness, and scientific relevance. This process aims to support students' participation as active questioners and analyzers, rather than passive consumers of information. Intervention will last for 2 weeks, 2 hours of courses each week, in total 4 hours of education will be given. First 2 hours will be the usage parameters and the knowledge about the ChatGPT system and the 2nd week's 2 hours of education will include the presentations and interactive discussion about the case.
OTHER	Traditional Low Back Pain Education	The first session will be given by an independent/different instructor about the definition, reasons, evaluation and the treatment of low back pain for 2 hours. Afterwards the students will be informed about the content of the next week's interactive course and supplied with the study sources like book, articles by the other lecturer. A week will be given to the students to study and the other week they will meet with the lecturer to discuss over a specific case. At the beginning and end of the courses, outcome measures will taken from the both groups.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-05-14
• Primary completion: 2025-08-31
• Completion: 2025-09-10
• First posted: 2025-06-08
• Last updated: 2025-06-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)