Family Planning Counseling and Simulation

NCT07229183 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: TOKAT05
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 96
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this experimental study is to investigate the effects of standardized patient simulation and peer simulation on midwifery students' family planning counseling and material development skills. The main questions it aims to answer are: Do standardized patient simulation and peer simulation training affect midwifery students' family planning counseling skills? Do standardized patient simulation and peer simulation training affect midwifery students' material development skills? The researchers will compare simulation groups with a control group to determine whether simulation training improves midwifery students' family planning counseling and material development skills. Participants: For the peer simulation, three volunteer second-year midwifery students will portray a peer in the client role. Three volunteer undergraduate/master's students with prior theater training will portray a standardized patient in the client role. The control group, without receiving simulation training, will prepare educational material on general family planning counseling after the simulation sessions and present this material to their peers in a classroom setting as a counseling practice. Simulation groups will complete the State/Trait Anxiety Inventory before simulation and family planning counseling, and the control group will complete the State/Trait Anxiety Inventory before family planning counseling.

Conditions

Educational Problems

Keywords

midwifery student; family planning; peer simulation; standardized patient simulation; education material

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• State/Trait Anxiety Inventory

  1. Not at all, 2. A little, 3. A lot, and 4) Completely

  Pre-simulation (Baseline) and Pre-family planning counseling

• General Counseling Evaluation Form in Family Planning

  "1 = needs improvement" (steps are implemented incorrectly or skipped), "2 = adequate" (steps are implemented correctly and in the correct order, but progress from step to step is not smooth), "3 = mastered" (steps are implemented correctly and in the correct order, and progress is smooth from step to step)

  Throughout family planning counseling-10 minutes

• Patient Education Material Evaluation Tool

  Disagree = 0 points Agree = 1 point No Rating

  Pre-family planning counseling- 5 minutes

Study Arms (3)

Standardized Patient Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Trained with SP in simulation sessions

Behavioral: Standardized patient simulation practice

Peer Simulation Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Trained with a peer in simulation sessions

Behavioral: Peer Simulation practice

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention was made

Interventions

Standardized patient simulation practice BEHAVIORAL

Creating family planning scenarios Preparing educational materials Identifying and training standardized patients on the scenarios Providing family planning counseling with standardized patients in simulation sessions accompanied by educational materials

Standardized Patient Group

Peer Simulation practice BEHAVIORAL

Creating family planning scenarios Preparing educational materials Identifying and training peers on the scenarios Providing family planning counseling in simulation sessions with peers using educational materials

Peer Simulation Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Students taking the course for the first time
• Students who agree to participate in the research
• Students who continue the theoretical part of the course

You may not qualify if:

• \- Students who did not attend simulation sessions

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi

Tokat Province, Central, 60250, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (12)

• Sharma KA, Zangmo R, Kumari A, Roy KK, Bharti J. Family planning and abortion services in COVID 19 pandemic. Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Nov;59(6):808-811. doi: 10.1016/j.tjog.2020.09.005. Epub 2020 Sep 10.

  PMID: 33218393 BACKGROUND

• Ensuring Human Rights in the Provision of Contraceptive Information and Services: Guidance and Recommendations. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2014. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK195054/

  PMID: 24696891 BACKGROUND

• United Nations Population Fund (2023) Human Rights-Based Approach To Family Planning, UNFPA Support Tool. Available at: https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/UNFPA-HRBAtoFP-SupportTool-v231207.pdf Accessed:18 March 2025

  BACKGROUND

• Şimşek Çetinkaya, Ş., Gümüş Çalış, G., Kıbrıs, Ş., & Topal, M. (2024). Effectiveness of virtual patient simulation versus peer simulation in family planning training in midwifery students: a comparative educational intervention. Interactive Learning Environments, 32(3), 942-951.

  BACKGROUND

• Li Q, Rimon JG, Ahmed S. Capitalising on shared goals for family planning: a concordance assessment of two global initiatives using longitudinal statistical models. BMJ Open. 2019 Nov 12;9(11):e031425. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031425.

  PMID: 31722946 BACKGROUND

• Inurreta-Díaz, M., Morales-Gual, Y. M., Aguilar-Vargas, E., Álvarez-Baeza, A., Magriñá-Lizama, J. S., Cetina-Sauri, G., & Méndez-Domínguez, N. (2021). Family-Planning counselling simulation for medical students: An exploratory educational intervention. Educación médica, 22, 271-276.

  BACKGROUND

• Schivone GB, Glish LL. Contraceptive counseling for continuation and satisfaction. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Dec;29(6):443-448. doi: 10.1097/GCO.0000000000000408.

  PMID: 28938374 BACKGROUND

• Walker SH, Davis G. Knowledge and reported confidence of final year midwifery students regarding giving advice on contraception and sexual health. Midwifery. 2014 May;30(5):e169-76. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2014.02.002. Epub 2014 Feb 25.

  PMID: 24661469 BACKGROUND

• Sim, K. H. (2011). Tips for creating effective health education materials. The Journal of Korean Diabetes, 12(2), 99-103.

  BACKGROUND

• Hoffmann T, Worrall L. Designing effective written health education materials: considerations for health professionals. Disabil Rehabil. 2004 Oct 7;26(19):1166-73. doi: 10.1080/09638280410001724816.

  PMID: 15371031 BACKGROUND

• Hainsworth D. & Keyes K. Chapter 12: Instructional materials. In: Bastable SB. (ed.) Nurse as educator: Principles of teaching and learning for nursing practice, Fifth Edition Jones & Bartlett Learning; 2019. p 505-48.

  BACKGROUND

• Ghorbani B, Jackson AC, Dehghan-Nayeri N, Bahramnezhad F. Standardized patients' experience of participating in medical students' education: a qualitative content analysis. BMC Med Educ. 2024 May 28;24(1):586. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05531-x.

  PMID: 38807118 BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Döndü BATKIN ERTÜRK, Assist.Prof.

  Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant professor

Model Details: Participants were divided into three groups: standardized patient simulation, peer simulation, and control group.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 13, 2025
• First Posted: November 14, 2025
• Study Start: May 6, 2025
• Primary Completion: May 9, 2025
• Study Completion: May 28, 2025
• Last Updated: November 24, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)