The Effect of Digital Games on Ethical Sensitivity and Decision Making in Nursing Students

Istanbul Medeniyet University

Status: Begins enrollment this month

Conditions: Decision Making; Ethics

Treatments: Other: In-class group work; Other: Digital game

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07235241

IMU17

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study was planned using a randomised controlled experimental design to determine the effectiveness of digital game-based teaching in the development of ethical sensitivity and ethical decision-making processes among nursing students.

Full description

The most significant contribution this study will make to the literature is its systematic demonstration of the effects of a digital game-based teaching method on the development of ethical sensitivity and ethical decision-making processes in the context of nursing education. Currently, ethics education is mostly conducted using traditional methods, and it is known that students experience difficulties in transferring what they learn in theoretical education to practice. This study makes a unique contribution by demonstrating that digital games can support students' ethical thinking and decision-making skills by offering interactive and experience-based learning opportunities. Furthermore, the study aims to expand the limited literature on the use of digital game-based teaching in ethics education in nursing and to provide evidence-based data on the integration of technological innovations in ethics education. In this respect, the research is of a nature that will strengthen the pedagogical foundations of nursing education and pioneer the development of student-centred and innovative teaching strategies.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Students must:

• Have taken and successfully completed the Nursing Ethics course,
• Be a fourth-year nursing student who has successfully completed all professional courses and is undertaking the 'Professional Training in the Workplace' placement.

Exclusion criteria

• Students who have not taken the Nursing Ethics course or have failed the course before taking the Professional Training in the Workplace course.
• Having a conditional grade point average (CGPA <2.00) up to the period when the data was collected.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Both the experimental and comparison groups will receive a reminder lecture from the researcher on ethical principles and codes prior to the applications. Participants in the experimental group will simultaneously play digital games and participate in classroom group work after the reminder lesson.

Treatment:

Other: Digital game

Other: In-class group work

Comparison

Other group

Description:

They will only participate in in-class group work.

Treatment:

Other: In-class group work