Construction and Validation of Dementia Care Management Competency

July 3, 2024 updated by: Huei-Ling Huang, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Construction and Validation of Dementia Care Management Competency: From Curriculum Integration to Outcome Evaluation

This study will use the concept of competency-based education to develop an innovative integrated curriculum with EPAs to guide learning and assessment of competency performance to equip students with dementia care management competency and cultivate professionals to meet the social trends and practical needs.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This study will use the concept of competency-based education to develop an innovative integrated curriculum with EPAs to guide learning and assessment of competency performance to equip students with dementia care management competency and cultivate professionals to meet the social trends and practical needs. The first year is a preparation period for the development of the project, which focuses on developing research tools and teacher empowerment, and evaluating the effectiveness of the control group in implementing conventional teaching methods. The second year is the program testing, implementation and evaluation period, in which two phases of the intervention is conducted and the post-intervention phase of competency is evaluated. This study is expected to establish a competency-based innovative and integrated curriculum for dementia care management over a two-year period. The results of the study will be used as a reference for schools or practices in the development of competency-based curriculum integration.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

190

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

  • Taiwan
      • Taoyuan, Taiwan, 333
        • Recruiting
        • Chang Gung University of Science and Technology

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • (1)Be at least 20 years old.

    (2)The students are freshmen majoring in the Department of Gerontology and Health Care Management, and taking the course on Dementia care.

    (3)Before taking the course on Dementia care, have taken courses on basic geriatric nursing.

    (4)voluntary participation

Exclusion Criteria:

  • The students who suspension of schooling.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: conventional teaching group
conventional teaching methods
Other: Traditional classroom teaching course programs
The conventional teaching group will receive only traditional classroom teaching course programs.
Other Names:
  • Control Group
Experimental: curriculum integration Group
The curriculum integration group will receive two intervention phases, including an innovation-integrated curriculum for dementia care and an innovation-integrated curriculum for care management with Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) to guide learning and assessment of competency performance to equip students with dementia care management competency.
Other: Innovation-integrated curriculum for dementia care and care management
The curriculum integration group will receive two intervention phases, including an innovation-integrated curriculum for dementia care and an innovation-integrated curriculum for care management with Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs), lectures, Situated Simulation Learning, Team-based learning, and Objective Structured Clinical Examination(OSCE).
Other Names:
  • experimental group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Demographic data of student
Time Frame: The investigators will collect demographic data of students on the day before the start date of the intervention.
Include age, gender, education level, areas of studying, etc.
The investigators will collect demographic data of students on the day before the start date of the intervention.
Dementia Care Professional Competency Assessment Scale
Time Frame: T0(Baseline), T1(Immediately after the intervention), T2(3 months after the intervention).
  1. The scale was developed by our past research that was supported by the Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (Grant Number 106-2511-S-255-002-MY3). The scale is used to evaluate dementia care competency in students (Huang et al., 2018).
  2. This Scale contains nine subscales (74 items), using Likert 5-point Likert scale from 1 to 5. A higher score means better competencies.
  3. This scale is used to evaluate the competence of students.
T0(Baseline), T1(Immediately after the intervention), T2(3 months after the intervention).
Problem solving, Teamwork Competency Assessment Scale
Time Frame: T0(Baseline), T1(Immediately after the intervention), T2(3 months after the intervention).
  1. The scale was developed by our past research that was supported by the Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (Grant Number 106-2511-S-255-002-MY3). There are 22 questions on this scale. The scale is used to evaluate the problem-solving and teamwork competency of students. (Huang et al. 2018).
  2. This scale contains 22 items.10 items were used to evaluate problem-solving competencies, 12 items were used to evaluate teamwork competencies. A higher score means better competencies.
  3. This scale is used to evaluate the competence of students. Change from Baseline problem-solving and teamwork competency at the end of the semester, and after students finish the clinical practice course.
T0(Baseline), T1(Immediately after the intervention), T2(3 months after the intervention).
Learning Satisfaction Scale
Time Frame: Immediately after the intervention.
  1. The scale was developed by our past research that was supported by the Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (Grant Number 106-2511-S-255-002-MY3). There are 9 questions on this scale. The scale is used to evaluate the learning satisfaction of students. (Huang et al. 2018).
  2. This Scale contains 9 items, using Likert 5-point Likert scale from 1 to 5. A higher score means high learning satisfaction.
  3. This scale is used to evaluate the learning satisfaction of students.
Immediately after the intervention.
Performance in a summative OSCE test (OSCE scores)
Time Frame: Immediately after the intervention.
  1. Conduct Objective Structured Clinical Examination
  2. After the intervention, the study sample participated in the final OSCE exam. Their scores were compared. The minimum value was 0 while the maximum value was 100. The higher the score the better students had performed.
Immediately after the intervention.
Qualitative interview
Time Frame: The investigators will conduct qualitative interviews using focus groups 3 months after the intervention.
Conduct qualitative interviews with the curriculum integration group students, focusing on the effectiveness of the curriculum integration.
The investigators will conduct qualitative interviews using focus groups 3 months after the intervention.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Collaborators

Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
National Science and Technology Council

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Huei-Ling Huang, PhD, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 27, 2024

Primary Completion (Estimated)

July 31, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

July 31, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 21, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 4, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

September 13, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 5, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 3, 2024

Last Verified

July 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • NSTC 112-2410-H-255 -006 -MY2
  • NMRPF3N0081 (Other Identifier: Chang Gung University of Science and Technology)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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