Clinical Learning Through Extended Immersion in Medical Simulation (CLEIMS)-A New Approach to Teaching Clinical Ethics

NCT05547893 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: KMUHIRB-SV(II)-20200041
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 600
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Study objective: This study is planning to develop a new simulation-based ethics education model and evaluate the effectiveness of the model to develop medical students' knowledge, moral reasoning, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities. Several strategies will be conducted to achieve this goal, including faculty development, ethics courses development, and case scenario development. Methods: The transnational learning and workshops will be arranged for faculty to develop competence for simulation-based ethics education. The workshops will gather the interdisciplinary experts together to discuss and develop the core curriculum and case scenario. The students will be assigned randomly into the simulated clinical ethical situation with simulation patients for the intervention group, and into the workshop discussing clinical ethics case scenario for the control group. The instruments will be developed and the quantitative and qualitative analysis will be conducted.

Conditions

Educational Activities; Patient Simulation

Keywords

medical ethics education; simulation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Defining Issues Test (DIT) and self-developed questionnaire

  Defining Issues Test (DIT) and self-developed questionnaire for evaluation of moral reasoning

  through study completion, an average of 2 years

• ethical decision-making clinical examination

  clinical scenario exam designed for testing participants' ability of making ethical decision

  through study completion, an average of 2 years

• Problem Identification Test (PIT) and self-developed questionnaire

  Problem Identification Test (PIT) and self-developed questionnaire for evaluation of moral sensitivity

  through study completion, an average of 2 years

• knowledge test questionnaire

  questionnaire for ethics knowledge test

  through study completion, an average of 2 years

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• results of Objective Structured Clinical Examination

  through study completion, an average of 2 years

• participant satisfaction questionnaire

  through study completion, an average of 2 years

Study Arms (2)

control group

NO INTERVENTION

workshop discussing the clinical ethical case scenario

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

a simulated clinical ethical situation with simulation patients

Other: simulation

Interventions

simulation OTHER

participating a simulated clinical ethical situation with simulation patients

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• medical students in Kaohsiung Medical University
• agree to participate the study

You may not qualify if:

• disagree to participate

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital

Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 807, Taiwan

RECRUITING

Central Study Contacts

Yenko Lin

CONTACT

+886-7-3121101; yenko@ms16.hinet.net

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 4, 2022
• First Posted: September 21, 2022
• Study Start: September 29, 2020
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 31, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 31, 2026
• Last Updated: February 11, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Locations

TW (1)