Effect of Critical Thinking Disposition Program on Developing Reflective Thinking and Motivation to Learn Among Nursing Students (CTDP)

Mansoura University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Motivation; Critical Thinking; Reflective; Nursing Students

Treatments: Other: Critical thinking disposition program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07334158

MU-FN-CTDP-2026

Details and patient eligibility

About

Study Title:

Effect of Critical Thinking Disposition Program on Developing Reflective Thinking and Motivation to Learn among Nursing Students

Study Description:

This study aims to investigate the effect of a Critical Thinking Disposition Program on nursing students' reflective thinking and motivation to learn. In the rapidly evolving healthcare environment, nurses must possess both critical thinking skills and disposition to make accurate clinical judgments and provide high-quality professional care. Many novice nurses lack critical thinking disposition, which can result in inaccurate clinical judgments and an inability to identify causes of problems.

The program will target nursing students to enhance their internal motivation to think critically, solve problems, evaluate ideas, and make informed decisions. The intervention focuses on developing cognitive strategies, attitudes, and behaviors that support self-motivated learning and professional competence. Outcomes will be measured by evaluating students' reflective thinking and motivation to learn before and after the program.

Primary Outcome Measures:

Improvement in reflective thinking scores

Increase in motivation to learn scores

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Development of critical thinking disposition attributes such as truth-seeking, open-mindedness, analyticity, inquisitiveness, self-confidence, and maturity

Enrollment: 243 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 20 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Willing to participate and able to attend all program sessions.

No prior exposure to critical thinking training programs.

Exclusion criteria

• Students with learning difficulties or any limitations that prevent active participation in the program.

Students who miss more than 50% of the program sessions.

Students participating in external programs aimed at enhancing critical thinking during the study period.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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243 participants in 1 patient group

Educational Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

This group consists of nursing students who will participate in the Critical Thinking Disposition Program. The study included a single-arm group of 243 nursing students enrolled in the1st and 2nd year at \[Technical Institute of Nursing / Mansoura University\]. All participants were selected based on inclusion criteria of no prior exposure to critical thinking programs and willingness to participate

Treatment:

Other: Critical thinking disposition program