Impact of an Online Program in Ethics in Physiotherapy

University of Valencia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ethics, Narrative

Treatments: Other: Online learning

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05984225

BL_ETHICS_01

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 126 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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126 participants in 1 patient group

Physiotherapy students

Experimental group

Description:

Physiotherapy students of the 2nd course of the Grade of Physiotherapy of the University of Valencia.

Treatment:

Other: Online learning