Physical Therapy Students' Reflective Thinking With Narrative Photography in Heart Transplantation

University of Valencia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Students

Treatments: Other: Narrative photography; Other: Traditional learning

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05800912

1821073

Details and patient eligibility

About

Physical therapy students must learn about heart transplantation, and must be able to communicate with patients using empathy and moral sensitivity. The aim of the study is to compare the narrative photography (NP) and traditional learning (TL) methods applied to heart transplantation physical therapy, as they relate to physical therapy students' knowledge, empathy, satisfaction, and moral sensitivity.

Full description

Physical therapy students must learn about heart transplantation. They need to know how to attend to the needs and emotions of these patients using empathy and moral sensitivity. The aim of the study is to compare the narrative photography (NP) and traditional learning (TL) methods applied to heart transplantation physical therapy, as they relate to physical therapy students' knowledge, empathy, satisfaction, and moral sensitivity.

This is a randomized contorlled trial with 117 participants of third year of Physiotherapy Degree. Students were divided into two groups: i) NP group (n = 56), and ii) TL group (n = 61).

Physical therapy knowledge in heart transplantation, empathy, and moral sensitivity were measured pre-intervention and post-intervention in both groups. Satisfaction was measured post-intervention in the NP group.

Enrollment: 117 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Third-year physical therapy students who were studying the heart transplantation physical therapy course in a Physical therapy Degree.

Exclusion criteria

• Who did not meet the above inclusion criteria.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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117 participants in 2 patient groups

Narrative photography group

Experimental group

Description:

Students in the NP group performed training activities on empathy and care for patients undergoing heart transplantation.

Treatment:

Other: Narrative photography

Traditional learning group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Students in the TL group performed a conventional intervention without real patients.

Treatment:

Other: Traditional learning