The Effect of Simulation on Cardiac Auscultation Competence

NCT06689475 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: GaziU-HF-ES-02
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 57
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This randomized controlled study aims to determine the effect of simulation on the cardiac auscultation competence of nursing students. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Simulation is effective in developing the cardiac auscultation competence of nursing students.
• The psychoacoustic approach is effective in developing the cardiac auscultation competence of nursing students. One week after the 2-hour theoretical lecture, all three groups will be taken simultaneously to a 3-hour laboratory practice for cardiac auscultation. An instructor will lead each group to ensure coordination. The psychoacoustic approach group will listen to normal heart sounds (S1, S2), abnormal heart sounds (S3, S4) and murmur sounds from the audio file uploaded to their mobile phones in the laboratory environment through headphones for 500 repetitions each. The simulation group will practice auscultation of heart sounds in a one-to-one and repetitive manner, working with a high reality simulator. Trainers will act as facilitators during the cardiac auscultation practice of the students in the intervention groups. The control group will continue with the standard education.

Conditions

Auscultation of Heart; Simulation Based Learning; Psychoacoustics

Keywords

auscultation of cardiac sounds; Simulation; psychoacoustic; nursing students

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• achievement test

  It is a four-question test in which students mark the cardiac sounds they listen to on the computer.

  From enrollment to the end of education at 4 weeks.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Student Satisfaction and Confidence in Learning

  At the end of education at 4 weeks.

Study Arms (3)

Psychoacoustic group

EXPERIMENTAL

The psychoacoustic approach group will listen to normal heart sounds (S1, S2), abnormal heart sounds (S3, S4) and murmur sounds from the audio file uploaded to their mobile phones in the laboratory environment through headphones for 500 repetitions each.

Other: Psychoacoustic approach

Simulation group

EXPERIMENTAL

The simulation group will practice auscultation of heart sounds in a one-to-one and repetitive manner, working with a high reality simulator. Trainers will act as facilitators during the cardiac auscultation practice of the students in the intervention groups.

Other: Simulation

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group will continue with the standard education.

Interventions

Psychoacoustic approach OTHER

The psychoacoustic approach group will listen to normal heart sounds (S1, S2), abnormal heart sounds (S3, S4) and murmur sounds from the audio file uploaded to their mobile phones in the laboratory environment through headphones for 500 repetitions each.

Psychoacoustic group

Simulation OTHER

The simulation group will practice auscultation of heart sounds in a one-to-one and repetitive manner, working with a high reality simulator. Trainers will act as facilitators during the cardiac auscultation practice of the students in the intervention groups.

Simulation group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• \- First-time registration in the course.

You may not qualify if:

• Non-native speakers of the country's native language.
• Previous graduation from any health-related university.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Gazi University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Gazi University Faculty of Nursing

Ankara, Yenimahalle, 06500, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 13, 2024
• First Posted: November 14, 2024
• Study Start: December 25, 2024
• Primary Completion: May 5, 2025
• Study Completion: May 20, 2025
• Last Updated: June 4, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)