Clinical trial NCT05868096: Improving Occupational Therapy Students' Holistic Care Competencies Through a Structured Holistic Thinking Curriculum: a Mixed Design
Official title: Improving Occupational Therapy Students' Holistic Care Competencies Through a Structured Holistic Thinking Curriculum: a Mixed Design
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Holistic Care Competencies of Occupational Therapy Students
Keywords: Holistic health care
occupational therapy student
mind map
Lead sponsor: Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-05-22
Enrollment: 20
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Background: Occupational therapy emphasizes the holistic approach, but occupational therapy students are unable to use holistic thinking to design holistic solutions for cases immediately during their internship due to their lack of clinical experience, which requires extensive guidance from clinical occupational therapist.

Study Aim: To improve the holistic care competencies of occupational therapy students using a structured holistic thinking curriculum.

Methods: The study population was occupational therapy interns from a northern teaching hospital. The holistic thinking curriculum was designed as a structured program using mind maps, case-based discussions, and clinical observations to integrate physical, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects. The experimental group took a pre-test after a case report in weeks 4 and 5, a first post-test and course satisfaction after the first structured holistic thinking course, and a second structured holistic thinking course with a second post-test and course satisfaction in weeks 11 and 12; the control group had no course but had a guided version of the holistic thinking case study form for independent study, and the control and experimental groups were tested pre and post using the holistic thinking case study form and the personal learning self-efficacy scale.

Data analysis: Quantitative data for the holistic thinking case study form were determined by three occupational therapists with at least 5 years of teaching experience through consensus conferences to determine the degree of compliance of the case study form with holistic care, and differences between the holistic thinking case study form and the personal learning self-efficacy scale were determined by Kruskal-Wallis with a p-value of 0.05. Qualitative data for the holistic thinking case study form were determined by three occupational therapists with at least 5 years of teaching experience to determine the degree of compliance of the case study form with holistic care and regular meetings were held to achieve consistency in coding.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. occupational therapy students who were interns at the Shuanghe Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare
2. students who could read, write, and communicate in Chinese
3. students who were 20 years of age or older.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. those who could not attend the entire course
2. those who could not complete the 12-week internship.

Primary outcomes:
measure: The quantitative data of the Holistic Thinking Case Analysis Form
timeFrame: Change from baseline after immediate intervention/Change from baseline at week 12
measure: MSLQ:Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire
timeFrame: Change from baseline after immediate intervention/Change from baseline at week 12
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Course Satisfaction Questionnaire
timeFrame: After each training session(week 4-5/week 11-12)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: New Taipei City
country: Taiwan
facility: Shuang Ho Hospital
Study officials:
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