Intentional Relationship Model in OT Students

Ankara Medipol University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Occupational Therapy Students

Treatments: Other: Intentional Relationship Model (IRM) Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07133009

Busra Kaplan Kilic (Other Identifier)

E-2025-08-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to examine the changes in occupational therapy interns' professional personality types and therapeutic use behaviors through an Intentional Relationship Model (IRM)-based training program. The study aims to introduce a therapeutic relationship-focused approach to occupational therapy education and to contribute to the effective development of students' therapeutic use skills during their professional development process.

Participants will receive one hour of interactive training per week for six weeks, structured within the framework of the IRM.

Full description

Type of research: Cross-sectional research Population and sample: The population of the research will consist of volunteer occupational therapy 4th grade students. In order to determine the sample size, a power analysis was conducted using the G*Power program with 95% power (alpha=0.05, two-tailed), and it was determined that a minimum of 54 participants were required for a matched t-test based on the guidelines provided by Cohen.

Inclusion criteria:

• Being a 4th-year occupational therapy student
• Being literate in Turkish

Exclusion criteria:

● Not participating regularly in the education program Students who meet the participation criteria and are provided with detailed information about the study will be asked to sign an informed consent form if they voluntarily agree to participate in the study. While the assessments will be conducted face-to-face, the education program will be conducted online (via Zoom).

Forms used for data collection: Sociodemographic Form, Self-Efficacy for Therapeutic Use of Self (SETUS), Holland's Vocational Choice There is no control group in this study. Data collection tools will be applied before and after training in a single group.

Enrollment: 54 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Be a 4th-year student in the Occupational Therapy Department,
• Be an intern student,
• Be literate in Turkish

Exclusion criteria

• Failure to attend the training program regularly
• Having a chronic illness

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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54 participants in 1 patient group

Training Group

Other group

Description:

Participants will undergo an IRM-based training program. Based on the IRM model, the six-week training program will consist of 30 minutes of theoretical instruction on a designated topic each week, followed by 30 minutes of role-playing scenarios related to the topic covered.

Treatment:

Other: Intentional Relationship Model (IRM) Training