Effect of a Programme Based on Professional Ethics in Physiotherapy Students

University of Valencia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ethics

Treatments: Other: Experimental group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03795077

545879652

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a higher education programme based on professional ethics in physiotherapy students.

A simple-blind clinical trial was performed. A three-months program based in professional ethics was carried out.

The investigators compared a control group (traditonal lectures) with an intervention group (syllabus, activities, face to face techniques). Students´ attitudes, knowledge, professional values, and opinions towards professional ethics were evaluated before and after the programme, in both groups. All participants were informed about the study and procedures, and provided written informed consent.

Full description

Participants. Second-year degree students of Physiotherapy Degree at the University, aged between 20 and 30 years, were recruited voluntarily from January 2019 to April 2019 . All enrolled participants were informed of the purpose of the study and procedures, and provided written informed consent. The study was carried out at the institution where the authors belong.

Research design. A prospective simple-blind trial was performed. After baseline assessment, participants were allocated to one of the two groups (control group and experimental group). An external assistant not involved in the study performed assignment.

Intervention. A Physiotherapy professor with over-10-year experience in Ethics and Physiotherapy performed the teaching methodology and opened the allocation envelopes and applied the teaching methodology to the EG according to the group assignment. The intervention consisted of a three-month program based in professional ethics, including two phases: A) syllabus and activities; and B) face to face group sessions including techniques such as concept maps, glossaries, brainstorming, four corners activity, aquarium, philip 6-6, kahoot, Realm Individual-Process Situation, reduced groups, guided debates, and discussion groups.

Enrollment: 241 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• To study the physical therapy degree at the University of Valencia

Exclusion criteria

• Exclusion criterion was having prior training on Ethics subject

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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241 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group followed traditional lectures about professional ethics during 3 months as usual.

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Experimental group followed the programme based in professional ethics. A specific syllabus about Professional Ethics was developed. It consisted of 6 themes and included topics as moral values, ethics and moral, bioethics and professional ethics, ecc. Six related activities were created: to solve situations related to real clinical practices. Face to face group sessions based on cooperative learning were planned. Students were divided in small groups, and active participation techniques were used. Techniques used: concept maps, glossaries, brainstorming, four corners activity, aquarium, philip 6-6, kahoot, Realm Individual-Process Situation, reduced groups, guided debates, and discussion groups.

Treatment:

Other: Experimental group