Integrating AI-Assisted Design Thinking Into Nursing Education
ConditionNurse Training
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorChinese University of Hong Kong
About this trial
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to test whether an AI-assisted design thinking workshop can improve empathetic communication in undergraduate nursing students at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does the workshop improve students' empathy, creativity, collaboration, problem-solving, and patient-centred care attitudes?
How do students experience the design thinking and AI-supported learning activities?
Researchers will compare the intervention group with a wait-list control group to see whether the workshop leads to better outcomes.
Participants will:
complete a baseline questionnaire before the workshop;
be randomly assigned to receive the workshop now or later;
attend two tutorials in the intervention group, including design thinking activities and AI-simulated clinical scenarios;
complete a follow-up questionnaire after the workshop;
and, for some participants, join a short interview about their learning experience.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Undergraduate nursing students enrolled in the Bachelor of Nursing programme at CUHK Nethersole School of Nursing.
Enrolled in the NURS 3127 course during the 2026-27 academic year.
Willing and able to provide verbal informed consent and participate voluntarily in the study.
Disqualifiers
Students with prior participation in design-thinking workshops.
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
AI-assisted design thinking workshop
Other interventionThis intervention is distinct because it combines design thinking with a conversational AI chatbot to teach empathy in undergraduate nursing education. Rather than using lectures or standard simulation alone, it places students in an active, human-centred learning process that begins with empathy mapping and patient journey mapping, then moves to ideation, prototyping, and reflection. The chatbot provides realistic, bilingual clinical communication scenarios and immediate tailored feedback, including difficult situations such as breaking bad news, managing non-compliance, and responding to emotional or culturally complex encounters. The workshop is also developed through co-design with faculty and students, making the intervention closely aligned with actual learning needs and course context. In addition, the study uses a wait-list randomized controlled design, allowing comparison with usual learning while ensuring all students can eventually receive the workshop.
Treatment groups
80 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Intervention GroupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Wait-list control groupOther 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Empathy
Empathy will be measured with the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Professions Student Version (JSE-HPS) which yields total scores ranging from 20 to 140; higher scores indicate greater empathy.
Time frame
The baseline assessment will be completed one week before the workshop. The post-intervention assessment will be completed within one week after the second tutorial at 12 weeks from enrollment.Secondary outcomes
1
Creativity, collaboration, problem-solving
Creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving will be measured with the Student Engagement Questionnaire (SEQ). Each domain comprises two items rated on a 5-point Likert scale. The mean score for each domain will range from 1 to 5, with higher scores indicating greater perceived creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving ability.
Time frame
The baseline assessment will be completed one week before the workshop. The post-intervention assessment will be completed within one week after the second tutorial at 12 weeks from enrollment.2
Patient-centred care attitudes
Patient-centred care attitudes will be measured using the Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale (PPOS), an 18-item instrument comprising the sharing and caring subscales. Items are rated on a 6-point Likert scale, and the overall score will be calculated as the mean of all item scores, ranging from 1 to 6. Higher scores indicate more patient-centred care attitudes.
Time frame
The baseline assessment will be completed one week before the workshop. The post-intervention assessment will be completed within one week after the second tutorial at 12 weeks from enrollment. .3
Experiences and views on the workshop
Evaluate by semi-structured interviews on the Intervention group
Time frame
After intervention, at 12 weeks from enrollment.Sponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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