Clinical trial NCT07005206: The Effect of Six Hats Thinking Technique on Problem Solving, Critical and Empathic Thinking in Nursing Students
Official title: The Effect of Six Hats Thinking Technique on Problem Solving, Critical and Empathic Thinking in Nursing Students
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Nursing Students
Keywords: nursing student
6 hats thinking
critical thinking
problem solving
empathic thinking
Lead sponsor: KTO Karatay University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-06-05
Enrollment: 80
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 30
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: This study was conducted as a two-group, experimental design, randomized controlled study.

Place and Time of the Study The study was conducted with 2nd-year students of the Nursing Department of KTO Karatay University in the spring semester of 2024-2025.

Population and Sample of the Study The population of the study consisted of all 2nd-year nursing students who were continuing their education and training in the spring semester of 2024-2025. The sample of the study consisted of students who met the inclusion criteria.

Inclusion Criteria;

* Taking the Fundamentals of Nursing course
* Being 18 years of age or older
* Being able to read and write in Turkish
* Voluntarily participating in the study Exclusion Criteria;
* Having taken the Fundamentals of Nursing course before Study termination criteria; Student not participating in two or more case discussions, withdrawing from the study voluntarily.
Primary purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE

Brief summary: This research aims to examine the effect of the Six Thinking Hats Technique application on empathic thinking, critical thinking motivation and problem solving skills in nursing students. In the study, which will be conducted with a pre-test-post-test control group experimental design, the contribution of case discussions made with the Six Thinking Hats Technique to the cognitive and emotional skills of the students will be evaluated.

Detailed description: Nursing education is a dynamic process where theoretical knowledge and clinical practices are integrated; critical thinking, clinical decision-making and problem-solving skills are systematically developed. In this process, in the rapidly changing information society, it is of great importance that nursing students are trained not only as individuals who can access information, but also as professionals who can analyze, interpret information, develop alternative solutions and think in multiple ways. The six thinking hats technique, which aims to develop multi-dimensional thinking skills in nursing students within a systematic structure, is considered an effective teaching method that supports cognitive and emotional development. Within the scope of this technique, it is aimed for individuals to evaluate events and situations in multiple dimensions through six different colored hats, each of which represents a specific way of thinking, such as emotional evaluation, critical thinking, impartial analysis, optimistic perspective, creative thinking and process management. Gharrehtapeh et al. (2023) revealed that this method has positive effects on nurses' creativity and caring behaviors, while Job et al. (2015) stated that 87.5% of nursing students evaluated this technique as an excellent teaching strategy, and 95.8% of them developed their creative thinking and empathy skills. All these findings support the usability of the Six Thinking Hats Technique as an innovative, versatile and holistic teaching approach in nursing education. Although there are various studies in the literature on the use of the Six Thinking Hats Technique in educational environments, it is seen that the studies that simultaneously address the effects of this technique on cognitive and affective skills such as problem solving, critical thinking and empathy of nursing students are limited. Based on this, this study was planned to determine the effect of the Six Thinking Hats Technique on problem solving, critical thinking and empathic thinking in nursing students.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Taking the Fundamentals of Nursing course
* Being 18 years of age or older
* Being able to read and write in Turkish
* Voluntarily participating in the research

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having taken a nursing fundamentals course before

Primary outcomes:
measure: Problem solving ability
timeFrame: Within 6 weeks after intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Critical thinking ability
timeFrame: Within 6 weeks after intervention
Other outcomes:
measure: Empathic thinking ability
timeFrame: Within 6 weeks after intervention
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