Clinical trial NCT06926517: Life and Death Care, Reflection and Teaching Practice Integrating New Coronavirus Pneumonia Issues
Official title: Life and Death Issues in the Post-epidemic Era - Life and Death Care, Reflection and Teaching Practice Integrating New Coronavirus Pneumonia Issues
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Life and Death
Keywords: Life and Death Issues
Post-Epidemic Era
Lead sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-04-13
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The basics of life and death are further extended and can meet the life and death needs of clinical care, which is a breakthrough in the existing life and death courses and innovation. The research purposes of this article are (1) to develop a teaching plan for the "Life and Death Issues in the Post-Epidemic Era" course that incorporates the issue of COVID-19; (2) to explore the implementation process and qualitative and quantitative learning effects of "Life and Death Issues in the Post-Epidemic Era"; ( 3) Understand the researcher's reflections on teaching practice through learning reflection and learning effectiveness analysis results. The teaching methods used in this course include: teacher lectures, non-verbal and affective activities with expressive art media, learning by doing and "hands-on", audio-visual teaching, case studies and group discussions, collaborative teaching with teachers, and reflection. The researchers tried to use reflective theory and practice in course teaching, and through reflective writing exercises on issues, cultivate nursing students' understanding of life and death issues, face their own life attitude, death attitude and self-care, and acquire the basic ability of life and death care.

Detailed description: The world has been affected by the coronavirus for more than four years, with more than 400 deaths. Thousands of people die from the epidemic, which is an almost inevitable death issue for medical staff. However, nursing students lack internship experience and do not have enough opportunities to contact dying patients. They are faced with the sudden death of patients due to the outbreak and limited medical equipment. sex, the medical ethical choices that arise, and the impact on society and the medical field. In the past, life and death courses did not specifically discuss life and death issues related to the epidemic. Therefore, integrating current affairs issues related to the new crown epidemic can help us discuss the existing life and death issues. The basics of life and death are further extended and can meet the life and death needs of clinical care, which is a breakthrough in the existing life and death courses and innovation. The research purposes of this article are (1) to develop a teaching plan for the "Life and Death Issues in the Post-Epidemic Era" course that incorporates the issue of COVID-19; (2) to explore the implementation process and qualitative and quantitative learning effects of "Life and Death Issues in the Post-Epidemic Era"; ( 3) Understand the researcher's reflections on teaching practice through learning reflection and learning effectiveness analysis results. The teaching methods used in this course include: teacher lectures, non-verbal and affective activities with expressive art media, learning by doing and "hands-on", audio-visual teaching, case studies and group discussions, collaborative teaching with teachers, and reflection. The researchers tried to use reflective theory and practice in course teaching, and through reflective writing exercises on issues, cultivate nursing students' understanding of life and death issues, face their own life attitude, death attitude and self-care, and acquire the basic ability of life and death care.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Students who are willing to participate in this study and have taken courses in life and death

Exclusion Criteria:

* none

Primary outcomes:
measure: Nursing life and death professional knowledge
timeFrame: Tests for the first and eighteenth weeks of the course
measure: life attitude scale
timeFrame: Tests for the first and eighteenth weeks of the course
measure: death attitude scale
timeFrame: Tests for the first and eighteenth weeks of the course
measure: Self-compassion scale
timeFrame: Tests for the first and eighteenth weeks of the course
measure: Spiritual Care Scale
timeFrame: Tests for the first and eighteenth weeks of the course
measure: Spiritual Health Scale-short version
timeFrame: Tests for the first and eighteenth weeks of the course
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Tainan
country: Taiwan
facility: Chang Gung Medical Foundation
Study officials:
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