Clinical trial NCT06675669: Effect of Reflective Thinking Method on Ethical Decision Making, Professional Values and Compassion Level
Official title: The Effect of Reflective Thinking Method Used in Ethics Teaching on Ethical Decision Making, Professional Values and Compassion Level in Nursing Students
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Ethical Decision Making
Professional Values
Compassion
Keywords: reflective thinking
ethics teaching
ethical decision making
professional values
compassion
nursing students
Lead sponsor: Necmettin Erbakan University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-11-05
Enrollment: 84
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

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.

Detailed description: The research will be conducted as a pre-test-post-test, parallel group randomized controlled experimental design. The sample of the research to be conducted at Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Nursing consists of 84 students. Students who meet the inclusion criteria will be assigned to the intervention and control groups by the block randomization method. The intervention group will be given ethics training with the reflective thinking method, while the control group will be given standard ethics training. The research data will be collected between November 22, 2024 and March 31, 2025 using the Student Information Form, Nursing Ethical Dilemma Test, Professional Values Scale and Compassion Scale.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 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

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Ethical Dilemma Test to determine the level of ethical decision making
timeFrame: 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:
measure: Professional Values Scale for Nurses to determine the level of professional values
timeFrame: 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 ).
measure: Compassion Scale to determine the level of compassion
timeFrame: 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 ).
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