Effect of Reflective Thinking Method on Ethical Decision Making, Professional Values and Compassion Level

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorNecmettin Erbakan University

About this trial

This randomized controlled study aimed to determine the effect of the reflective thinking method used in ethics education on ethical decision making, professional values, and compassion levels in nursing students.The hypotheses of the study are as follows:

H1.1. There is a difference in ethical decision-making average scores between students who were applied the reflection method in ethics education and students in the control group.

H1.2. There is a difference in professional values average scores between students who were applied the reflection method in ethics education and students in the control group.

H1.3. There is a difference in compassion average scores between students who were applied the reflection method in ethics education and students in the control group.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Being between the ages of 18-65

Being registered in the Professional Ethics course

Having participated in the theoretical part of the Professional Ethics course

Being volunteering to participate in the research

Disqualifiers

Having taken the Professional Ethics course before

Working as a healthcare professional

Being a foreign national

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Reflective thinking method

    Other intervention

    It will be applied to students in the initiative group for 1 hour per week for 7 weeks.

Treatment groups

84 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Reflective thinkingExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: ControlNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Ethical Dilemma Test to determine the level of ethical decision making

The aim of determining the levels of "Principle Thinking" (F) and "Practical Thinking (P) is to determine the situation of encountering an ethical dilemma (Familiarity). The lowest "Principle Thinking" score that can be achieved in the test is 18, the highest "Principle Thinking" score is 66. The lowest "Practical Thinking" score that can be achieved is 6, and the highest "Practical Thinking" score is 36. In the familiarity section, 6-17 points indicate familiarity with a similar dilemma, and 18-30 points indicate unfamiliarity. High scores indicate a high level of ethical decision-making skills.

Time frame
1st measurement will be made at week 1 (November 22, 2024); 2nd measurement at week 7 (January 03, 2025), 3rd follow-up measurement at week 19 (3 months later, March 31, 2025 ).

Secondary outcomes

1

Professional Values Scale for Nurses to determine the level of professional values

The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 26 and the highest score that can be obtained is 130. High scores indicate high professional values.

Time frame
1st measurement will be made at week 1 (November 22, 2024); 2nd measurement at week 7 (January 03, 2025), 3rd follow-up measurement at week 19 (3 months later, March 31, 2025 ).
2

Compassion Scale to determine the level of compassion

The minimum score on the scale is 1 and the maximum score is 5. As the total score on the scale increases, the level of compassion also increases.

Time frame
1st measurement will be made at week 1 (November 22, 2024); 2nd measurement at week 7 (January 03, 2025), 3rd follow-up measurement at week 19 (3 months later, March 31, 2025 ).

Other outcomes

Locations

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