Enhancing Clinical and Cultural Virtual Encounter in Health Professional Students: 3 Is (Internationalization, Innovation, Interdisciplinary) in Action

NCT06911853 | Completed DMC

• 2 other identifiers: HKWC-2022-389899
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 104
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a cross-over randomized control study with 3 time-points' measurement. This study is mainly to evaluate if the online pedagogic innovative learning modules could benefit students through their interprofessional and intercultural virtual encounters, with a focus on assessing their cultural awareness, interprofessional attitude and online learning engagement.

Conditions

Interprofessional Education

Keywords

Interprofessional education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Students' Perceptions of Interprofessional Clinical education - Revised

  Using Students' Perceptions of Interprofessional Clinical Education-Revised (SPICE-R) as the tool to measure the increased level of interprofessional learning experiences. The SPICE-R instrument includes ten items, and is divided into three factors: interprofessional teamwork and team-based practice (items 1, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10), roles/responsibilities for collaborative practice (items 2 and 7), and patient outcomes from collaborative practice (items 3 and 4). It is a 5-point Likert scales (1 = 'strongly disagree' and 5 = 'strongly agree') with score ranging from 10-50. SPICE-R was chosen for its strong psychometric properties including reliability and construct validity (Dominguez et al., 2016; Lockeman et al., 2017). The instrument has high composite reliability at 0.84, indicating strong validity based on established criteria. Higher score on SPICE-R reflect more positive interprofessional experiences.

  2 months

Study Arms (1)

Virtual Reality Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Virtual Reality Videos

Interventions

Virtual Reality Videos OTHER

Based on the Phase of Engagement Framework, two online orthopaedic modules focusing on interprofessional and intercultural educations on low back pain (LBP) and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) were developed. The students (n=104) were randomized into two groups. In the first module, the Virtual Reality Group as the intervention group received a virtual reality (VR)-enhanced LBP education, while the Case-based Learning Group as the control group engaged with a case study on LBP. After a 3-week washout period, the groups crossed over: the the Virtual Reality Group as the intervention group received the VR-enhanced education on AIS, and the Case-based Learning Group as the control group focused on an AIS case study.

Virtual Reality Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 40 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Both gender are welcomed to participate in the study
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• undergraduate healthcare students

You may not qualify if:

• cannot communicate in English

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead

Study Sites (1)

5/F, Academic Building, 3 Sassoon Road

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 852, Hong Kong

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Senior Lecturer of School of Nursing, Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 20, 2025
• First Posted: April 4, 2025
• Study Start: September 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: August 31, 2023
• Study Completion: August 31, 2023
• Last Updated: April 4, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (1)