Clinical trial NCT04261998: Sevice-learning in Physiotherapy and Heart Transplantation and Acute Coronary Syndrome
Official title: The Effects of Sevice-learning in Physiotherapy Students: Exercise Program for Patients With Heart Transplantation and Acute Coronary Syndrome
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Heart Transplantation
Lead sponsor: University of Valencia
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-02-10
Enrollment: 32
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 40
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: A service-learning programme in physiotherapy students will be performed. 30 physiotherapy students will be randomly assigned to an intervention group (n=16) or to a control group (n=16). Intervention group will perform a service-learning program with real patients with heart transplantation, and will have to perform a physical therapy program adapted to a real patient. Two meetings will be performed in order to establish groups, explain the project and search information based on evidence in scientific databases. In addition, three meetings with patients will be stated in order to establish the adapted program based on the real patient's needs and characteristics. The control group will have to perform a physiotherapy program without meeting real patients.

Detailed description: This study aims at determining the effect of a Service-Learning program on knowledge, ethical sensitivity and acquired transversal competences. On the other hand, we aim at evaluating the service performed, the skills acquired, the participation, the degree of participatory evaluation and the level of satisfaction of the intervention group. All variables will be measured with validated scales or questionnaires.

Both groups will have to describe the specific characteristics of the program, different phases of the process, types of exercises recommended, contraindications, safety ranges with respect to the intensity of the exercise, ways of calculating the intensity and self-control. Likewise, they will have to defend the usefulness and duration of the final product through an oral presentation of the program to the patients themselves. Finally, the possible doubts that should exist will be solved.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Physiotherapy students

Exclusion Criteria:

* Prior courses on cardiac rehabilitation

Primary outcomes:
measure: Ethical sensitivity
timeFrame: baseline
measure: Ethical sensitivity
timeFrame: 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Service performed (by the students of the experimental group)
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Skills acquired (by the students of the experimental group)
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Participation (of the students of the experimental group)
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Degree of participatory evaluation (of the students of the experimental group)
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Level of satisfaction (of the students of the experimental group)
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Knowledge on physiotherapy in heart transplantation
timeFrame: baseline
measure: Knowledge on physiotherapy in heart transplantation
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Acquired transversal competences
timeFrame: baseline
measure: Acquired transversal competences
timeFrame: 3 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Valencia
country: Spain
facility: University of Valencia
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Valencia
name: Elena Marques-Sule, PT, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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