Effectiveness of Interprofessional Learning and Simulation on Healthy Aging in Undergraduate Medical and Nursing Program
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03914040 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified April 2019 by Massimiliano Panella, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale "Amedeo Avogadro".
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
First Posted : April 12, 2019
Last Update Posted : May 10, 2019
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Aging population is an important public health issue and require coordinated and comprehensive response. Medical and nursing schools need to address challenges in health care delivery, and interprofessional simulation-based education (IPSE) provides realistic learning experiences in which interprofessional communication, roles and teamwork can be developed and assessed.
The study aims to examine the effectiveness of delivering an IPSE program versus traditional course to nursing and medical students. The primary outcome is improved communication skills, assessed by Communication Skill Attitude Scale (CSAS) divided in two subscales: Positive Attitude Scale (PAS) and Negative Attitude Scale (NAS).
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Healthy Aging Interprofessional Relations Education, Professional | Other: IPSE program | Not Applicable |

Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 80 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Interprofessional Learning and Simulation Versus Traditional Course on Healthy Aging: a Randomized Control Trial |
Estimated Study Start Date : | October 2019 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | November 2019 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | November 2019 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: IPSE program
IPSE is conceptually divided in two phases: 1) pre-immersion preparation, 2) immersion.
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Other: IPSE program
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No Intervention: Traditional course
Participants in the control group will receive the current face-to-face course.
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- Communication skills. [ Time Frame: From baseline to one month. ]Communication Skill Attitude Scale (CSAS).CSAS is a 26-item questionnaire in two dimensions that has been developed to measure positive and negative attitudes towards learning communication skills. Each of the two subscales consists of 13 items, the Positive Attitude Scale (PAS) and the Negative Attitude Scale (NAS).
- Students' perception of the professional role of physician and nurse. [ Time Frame: From baseline to one month ]The measurement tool is the semantic differential test. It consists of a series of 16 bipolar adjective-pair scales for measuring psychological meanings related to three concepts: "me as a medical or nursing student", "physician using lifestyle medicine approach" and "nurse using lifestyle medicine approach".The meaning of the concept is measured by individual, selecting a point along a seven-point scale. The point selected indicates both the quality and intensity of the participant's subjective assessment of the association between the adjective pair and the related concept.
- Students' self-confidence about learning in simulation. [ Time Frame: up to 1 week after intervention ]The Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning Scale (SCLS). A total of 13 items assess the attitudes toward satisfaction with instruction and self-confidence in learning in simulation. For each item, participants indicated their personal feelings about a statement that described their own attitudes or beliefs. Response options are 1) strongly disagree, 2) disagree, 3) undecided, 4) agree, and 5) strongly agree using a Likert-style scale. Scores are calculated by summing responses; higher scores indicate more satisfaction and more self-confidence, respectively.
- Students' perception about learning in simulation [ Time Frame: up to 1 week after intervention ]Simulation Design Scale (SDS). A total of 20 items assess perceptions of objectives, information, support, problem solving, feedback, and fidelity in simulation. For each item, participants indicate their perceptions about a statement that described the presence of simulation design features. Response options for statements related to presence of simulation design features are 1) strongly disagree, 2) disagree, 3) undecided, 4) agree, 5) strongly agree, and NA) not applicable using a Likert-style scale. Scores are calculated by summing responses; higher scores represent increased recognition of design features in simulation.
- Students' perception of the presence of educational best practices in simulation [ Time Frame: up to 1 week after intervention ]Educational Practices Questionnaire (EPQ).The instrument consists in 16 items. For each item, participants indicated their perceptions about a statement that described presence of educational best practices. Items are rated on a Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Scores are calculated by summing responses; higher scores represent increased recognition of educational best practices in simulation.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Older Adult |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- second-year nursing students,
- fourth and fifth-year medical students.
Exclusion Criteria:
- students who had already failed the course in a previous year.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03914040
Contact: Massimiliano Panella | 0321 660 635 | massimiliano.panella@med.uniupo.it |
Italy | |
Università del Piemonte Orientale | |
Novara, Italy, 28100 | |
Contact: Massimiliano Panella massimiliano.panella@med.uniupo.it |
Principal Investigator: | Massimiliano Panella | Dipartimento di medicina traslazionale-Università degli studi del piemonte orientale |
Responsible Party: | Massimiliano Panella, Department of traslational medicine, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale "Amedeo Avogadro" |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03914040 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
IPSE_UPO students |
First Posted: | April 12, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 10, 2019 |
Last Verified: | April 2019 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Plan Description: | Study protocol and final report will be submitted to peer-reviewed journal for possible publication. |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |