The Effect of the Brain-Based Learning Model

The Effect of the Brain-Based Learning Model on Nursing Students' Knowledge and Skills in Diabetic Foot Examination: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Modern nursing education necessitates that students are prepared for clinical practice at a level of professional competency. This preparation requires the integration of high-level cognitive and psychomotor skills. However, current traditional teaching paradigms remain insufficient in ensuring long-term knowledge retention and the development of advanced cognitive and psychomotor skills, such as transforming complex clinical tasks into habitual behaviors. Consequently, alternative pedagogical methods are being proposed, one of which is "Brain-Based Learning" (BBL). The objective of this research is to determine the impact of the brain-based learning model on nursing students' knowledge levels regarding diabetic foot care and their practical skills in performing diabetic foot examinations. It is anticipated that this study will provide a significant contribution to the existing literature.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Nursing Students
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Brain-Based Learning (BBL) model

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

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey (Türkiye)
  • Konya, Turkey (Türkiye), 42370
    • Necmettin Erbakan Univercity
  • Meram
    • Konya, Meram, Turkey (Türkiye), 42090
      • Necmettin Erbakan University Seydişehir Kamil Akkanat Health Scıence Faculty

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being enrolled in the Diabetic Nursing course.
• Volunteering to participate in the research

Exclusion Criteria:

• Repeating the "Diabetic Nursing" course for the second or third time.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: İntervention Group; The lesson will be delivered in accordance with the Brain-Based Learning (BBL) model	Other: Brain-Based Learning (BBL) model; The diabetic foot examination course will be delivered using the Brain-Based Learning (BBL) method
No Intervention: Control Group; The lesson will be delivered using a standard teaching approach

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Student' diabetic foot knowledge level	A Diabetic Foot Knowledge Assessment Scale will be used	Day 1, pre-training
Students' foot examination practices	Students will be asked to perform foot examinations on one another, and the practice will be evaluated.	Day 1, post-training

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Student' diabetic foot knowledge level	Assessing students' knowledge regarding diabetic foot	After the practice session
Students' foot examination practices	Assessing students' foot examination practices	4 weeks after

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Necmettin Erbakan University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Actual): May 30, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 22, 2026
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 30, 2026
• First Posted (Actual): August 5, 2026

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 5, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 30, 2026
• Last Verified: July 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: learning; nursing students; foot care; Brain-Based Learning
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Investigative Techniques; Models, Theoretical; Models, Biological
• Other Study ID Numbers: 28301.R1

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: The data sets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request, provided that data sharing is deemed appropriate after the publication of the research

Drug and device information, study documents

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