Effect of Reflective Thinking Method on Ethical Decision Making, Professional Values and Compassion Level

NCT06675669 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: NecErbakanU
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 84
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This randomized controlled study aimed to determine the effect of the reflective thinking method used in ethics education on ethical decision making, professional values, and compassion levels in nursing students.The hypotheses of the study are as follows: H1.1. There is a difference in ethical decision-making average scores between students who were applied the reflection method in ethics education and students in the control group. H1.2. There is a difference in professional values average scores between students who were applied the reflection method in ethics education and students in the control group. H1.3. There is a difference in compassion average scores between students who were applied the reflection method in ethics education and students in the control group.

Conditions

Ethical Decision Making; Professional Values; Compassion

Keywords

reflective thinking; ethics teaching; ethical decision making; professional values; compassion; nursing students

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Ethical Dilemma Test to determine the level of ethical decision making

  The aim of determining the levels of "Principle Thinking" (F) and "Practical Thinking (P) is to determine the situation of encountering an ethical dilemma (Familiarity). The lowest "Principle Thinking" score that can be achieved in the test is 18, the highest "Principle Thinking" score is 66. The lowest "Practical Thinking" score that can be achieved is 6, and the highest "Practical Thinking" score is 36. In the familiarity section, 6-17 points indicate familiarity with a similar dilemma, and 18-30 points indicate unfamiliarity. High scores indicate a high level of ethical decision-making skills.

  1st measurement will be made at week 1 (November 22, 2024); 2nd measurement at week 7 (January 03, 2025), 3rd follow-up measurement at week 19 (3 months later, March 31, 2025 ).

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Professional Values Scale for Nurses to determine the level of professional values

  1st measurement will be made at week 1 (November 22, 2024); 2nd measurement at week 7 (January 03, 2025), 3rd follow-up measurement at week 19 (3 months later, March 31, 2025 ).

• Compassion Scale to determine the level of compassion

  1st measurement will be made at week 1 (November 22, 2024); 2nd measurement at week 7 (January 03, 2025), 3rd follow-up measurement at week 19 (3 months later, March 31, 2025 ).

Study Arms (2)

Reflective thinking

EXPERIMENTAL

Discussion sessions will be held once a week for 7 weeks within the scope of the Professional Ethics Course for the students in the intervention group. For the discussion sessions, the students will be divided into 4 groups of 10-11 people. Separate 1-hour discussion sessions will be held with each group. A training session will be held with the students in the intervention group in the first week (November 22,2024). In this session; the researchers will inform the students about the reflective thinking technique. In the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th weeks (January 03, 2025), the students will come to class by writing an event/situation they encountered during their hospital internship in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing course, which they are currently doing clinical practice. During the class hour, the researcher will determine one of the events/situations written by the students and will discuss it in the group.Follow-up data will be collected after 3 months (March 31,2025).

Other: Reflective thinking method

Control

NO INTERVENTION

No application will be made to the students in the control group. These students will be given standard education for 7 weeks (Between November 22, 2024 and January 03, 2025).

Interventions

Reflective thinking method OTHER

It will be applied to students in the initiative group for 1 hour per week for 7 weeks.

Reflective thinking

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Being between the ages of 18-65
• Being registered in the Professional Ethics course
• Having participated in the theoretical part of the Professional Ethics course
• Being volunteering to participate in the research

You may not qualify if:

• Having taken the Professional Ethics course before
• Working as a healthcare professional
• Being a foreign national

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Necmettin Erbakan University: lead

Central Study Contacts

Serpil SU, PhD, RN

CONTACT

+9 05052611380; ssu@erbakan.edu.tr

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: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 4, 2024
• First Posted: November 5, 2024
• Study Start: November 22, 2024
• Primary Completion: November 22, 2024
• Study Completion: March 31, 2025
• Last Updated: November 5, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share