Effectiveness of Case-Based Educational Scenarios in the Metaverse on Interpersonal Communication Skills, Academic Engagement, and Mind-Wandering in University Nursing Students

Port Said University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Communication

Treatments: Behavioral: Metaverse Case-Based Educational Scenarios

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07319819

SCBR-449

Details and patient eligibility

About

This randomized controlled trial will evaluate the effect of case-based educational scenarios delivered in a metaverse environment on interpersonal communication skills, academic engagement, and mind-wandering among undergraduate nursing students. Fourth-level nursing students will be randomly assigned either to metaverse-based case scenarios integrated into their psychiatric nursing education or to usual teaching without metaverse exposure. Outcomes will be measured using validated scales for interpersonal communication, learning engagement, and mind-wandering before and after the intervention.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Registered undergraduate nursing students at the Faculty of XXX University, XXX.

Enrolled in the 4th level of the nursing program in the academic year 2024-2025.

Able and willing to provide informed consent to participate.

Exclusion criteria

Students not registered in the 4th level during the study period. Students who previously completed formal metaverse-based psychiatric nursing training (if applicable).

Students unwilling to participate or who withdraw consent.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Metaverse Case-Based Scenario Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm will receive case-based educational scenarios delivered through a metaverse environment as part of their psychiatric nursing coursework. Students will engage in interactive virtual simulations with virtual patients and healthcare teams to practice interpersonal communication in complex, emotionally charged psychiatric scenarios.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Metaverse Case-Based Educational Scenarios

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in this arm will receive the usual psychiatric nursing teaching methods without exposure to metaverse-based case scenarios. They will continue to follow the standard curriculum delivered through conventional classroom or existing e-learning formats.