Creative Drama in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Education

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Candidates who will provide the health services of the future should be ready to provide the safe and best health care services. In order to achieve this, it is recommended to use new training programs and methods that will provide similar situations to the working environment in the training of health workers. There are very few studies on the empathy and communication perceptions that creative drama education will create with the patient on physiotherapy and rehabilitation department students. Therefore, this study, the investigators aimed to investigate the perceived effect of communication skills training integrated with creative drama on physiotherapy and rehabilitation students' empathy and communication skills that will develop with the patient.

Official Title
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The Perceived Effect of Communication Skills Education Integrated With Creative Drama on Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Students' Empathy and Communication Skills to Develop With the Patient: A Randomized Controlled Study

Conditions
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Educational Problems

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Creative Drama Education


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Being willing to take FZT 233 Effective Communication with Creative Drama in Health course in any of the fall or spring semesters. Exclusion Criteria: Desire to take FZT 233 Effective Communication with Creative Drama in Health course at his own request. Not wanting to participate in the study Having a diagnosed psychological disorder and/or receiving psychological treatment

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 25 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Screening
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: Creative Drama Group<br> | Other: Creative Drama Education<br>* Effective Communication with Creative Drama in Health Course will be given to students for 2 hours a week for 14 weeks.<br>|
| No Intervention: Control Group<br> | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| interpersonal communication questionnaire | It is stated that the first four items are related to communication anxiety and the last four items are related to communication trust. Each item has a 5-point Likert scale between 1 = strongly disagree 5 = strongly agree. High values indicate poor communication | Change from Baseline interpersonal communication questionnaire at 14 weeks | 
| Jefferson Doctor Empathy Scale | The score range is 20-140, with higher average scores representing higher levels of empathy. | Change from Baseline Jefferson Doctor Empathy Scale at 14 weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Visual analog scale-communication | A visual analog scale between 0 and 10 will be used to evaluate the communication that may occur when students go into clinical practice at the beginning and end of the term and when they meet the patient. Zero will be set to none, 10 will be set to the maximum I can think of. | Change from Baseline Visual analog scale at 14 weeks | 
| Visual analog scale-anxiety/stress | A visual analog scale between 0 and 10 will be used to evaluate the anxiety/stress that may occur when students go into clinical practice at the beginning and end of the term and when they meet the patient. Zero will be set to none, 10 will be set to the maximum I can think of. | Change from Baseline Visual analog scale at 14 weeks | 
| Visual analog scale-motivation | A visual analog scale between 0 and 10 will be used to evaluate the motivation that may occur when students go into clinical practice at the beginning and end of the term and when they meet the patient. Zero will be set to none, 10 will be set to the maximum I can think of. | Change from Baseline Visual analog scale at 14 weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Education