Interprofessional Education of Medical Students Using Medical Simulation

Due to the growing role of medical simulation in the education of medical students and the development of cooperation in interdisciplinary teams in the health care sector, a study was designed to examine the relationship between the competences and resources of students and the role of education through simulation classes based on the development of technical and in cooperation with specialists in these fields. Researchers want to focus on students' levels of stress and anxiety, coping strategies, and self-efficacy. An important element will be the self-assessment of students on the level of their non-technical competences.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Medical Students
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Interprofessional education

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 62
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Poland
  • Kraków, Poland, 30-705
    • Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Voluntary consent to participate in the study
• Declaration of participation in the Interdisciplinary Simulation Circle
• Student status in the field of medicine (6th year) or nursing (3rd year of first-cycle studies) or medical rescue (3rd year)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Completed another course of medical studies

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control group
Experimental: Intervention group	Other: Interprofessional education; The study will be conducted among students of the Krakow Academy. The experimental group will consist of 35 students participating in the Interdisciplinary Circle of Medical Simulation from the following faculties: medicine, nursing and medical rescue. Students will be divided into 7 interprofessional teams, in which they will take classes planned for small groups.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Evaluation of the ongoing interprofessional education	1. A self - report questionnaire including a socio-demographic data sheet and questions regarding the motivation for choosing the field of study, as well as a form for the ongoing evaluation of Interdisciplinary Club classes to be completed before and after classes.	10 months
Evaluation of the impact of interprofessional education on soft-skill development	1. Self-assessment form in the field of soft skills - own study, which contains 17 statements describing soft skills in an interprofessional team. Respondents assess their development on a five-point Likert scale, where "1" means "I completely disagree" and "5" - "I completely agree".	10 months
Evaluation of the impact of interprofessional education using the simulation method on self-efficacy.	1. General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE) with the total score calculated by finding the sum of all the items and ranges between 10 and 40, with higher score indicating more self-efficacy.	10 months
Evaluation of the impact of interprofessional education using the simulation method on student stress level.	A 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) for assessing how often a respondent thought and felt in the given way in the last month using a five-point Likert scale. The result of the measurement is the stress severity index. The PSS score is obtained by summing across all items. Higher scores indicate higher levels of perceived stress.	10 month
Evaluation of the impact of interprofessional education using the simulation method on stress coping.	The Stress Coping Inventory (Mini COPE). The respondent determines how often he/she acts in the described way when experiencing a stressful situation using a four-point Likert scale (0-I almost never do that, 1-I rarely do that, 2-I often do that, 3-I almost always do that). Every statement is assigned to one of 14 stress-coping categories.	10 month
Evaluation of the impact of interprofessional education using the simulation method on perception of medical professions.	Word Cloud - own study - a form used to assess the mutual perception of medical professions in an interprofessional team. The respondents choose five terms from the proposed word database.	10 month
Evaluation of the impact of interprofessional education using the simulation method on students anxiety.	A 20-item State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) for assessing trait anxiety and 20 for state anxiety. All items are rated on a 4-point scale (e.g., from "Almost Never" to "Almost Always"). Higher scores indicate greater anxiety.	10 month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 20, 2022
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): June 15, 2023
• Study Completion (Anticipated): September 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 5, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 16, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): April 18, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 18, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 16, 2023
• Last Verified: January 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: WLNZ/NoZ/2022

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No