Assessing the Impact of an Online Program Regarding Professional Ethics in Physiotherapy. A Prospective Clinical Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Ethics, Narrative
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia
- Enrollment
- 126
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Generic competencies
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Given the continuing ethical problems faced by physiotherapists, improving their students' ethical competence is relevant. The development of ethical decision-making skills is particularly important for students preparing to enter professional health careers like physiotherapy. According to the Bologna process, the education of physiotherapists includes the cultivation of relevant generic/transversal competencies, including ethical competence. To achieve this, diverse teaching, learning, assessment, and feedback strategies are necessary and helpful in facilitating the acquisition of these competencies.
The physiotherapist needs to carry out ethics efficiently through ethical reasoning and critical thinking to develop ethical decision-making abilities. Active learning methods allow us to get students to follow the highest ethical standards and successfully manage ethical situations in the workplace. Despite some studies showing physiotherapists have a deficit in clinical practice ethics.
However, there is a lack of research focusing on online learning (OL) physiotherapy ethics education, and studies of review on mixed health professionals many times do not include physiotherapy studies.
Considering this, the primary objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of an OL program in developing ethical competence in physiotherapy students. Specifically, the study aims to evaluate the impact of the program on generic competences, knowledge acquisition, ethical sensitivity, engagement, and instructional design within the OL environment.
Investigators
David Hernández-Guillén
Assistant professor, PT, PhD
University of Valencia
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •To be studying the Physiotherapy Degree at the University of Valencia.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Not willing to participate.
- •Students with previous ethics training.
- •Not willing to provide the written consent.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Generic competencies
Time Frame: 0 week, 5 week, 10 week
Questionnaire for the Evaluation of Generic Comeptences in Univesity Students. It is a 45-item instrument with a Likert scale from 1 = always to 6 = rarely, thus lower scores mean higher generic competencies. The internal consistency of this questionnaire is 0,92. Several competencies are assessed: 1) instrumental competencies (Job performance, Management skills); 2) systematic competencies (Leadership, Work motivation, Learning capabilities; 3) interpersonal competence (Interpersonal relationships and teamwork).
Secondary Outcomes
- Knowledge acquisition of Professional ethics(0 week, 5 week, 10 week)
- Ethical sensitivity(0 week, 5 week, 10 week)
- Engagement(Week 10)
- Design of the Online Learning program instructions(Week 10)