Using Virtual Humans to Teach Cognitive Function Assessment to Nursing Students
ConditionNursing Students
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorTaipei Medical University
About this trial
Purpose of the Study This study wants to find out whether a virtual human (a computer-based simulated person) can help nursing students learn how to assess someone's thinking and memory skills.
Main Question Do nursing students learn cognitive function assessment better when they use a virtual human compared with reading printed materials?
What Participants Will Do Participants will learn how to do a cognitive function assessment for about 60 minutes, either by using a virtual human or by reading printed materials.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Nursing students currently enrolled in a bachelor's or post-baccalaureate nursing program.
Students who have not previously received instruction on the SPMSQ cognitive function assessment,
Disqualifiers
no
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Virtual human
Other interventionThere are five scenarios integrated into Virtual human software.
Printed material
Other interventionThe comparison group will read the printed material regarding SPMSQ assessment.
Treatment groups
60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Virtual humanExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Printed materialActive comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Competence of cognitive function assessment
Participants are required to conduct a cognitive function assessment on the virtual patient within a designed clinical scenario. The system assigns a score based on the completion of each item, with higher scores indicating better cognitive assessment ability.
Time frame
60 minutes2
Knowledge of cognitive function assessment
A total of ten items were included. Each correct answer receives one point, while incorrect or "don't know" responses receive zero points. The total score ranges from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating better knowledge of cognitive function assessment among the students.
Time frame
60 minutes3
Confidence scale
The scale consists of five items, each scored from 1 to 5, with a total score ranging from 5 to 25. Higher scores indicate greater confidence in performing cognitive function assessments among the participants.
Time frame
60 minutesSecondary outcomes
1
Learning Material Satisfaction Questionnaire
The questionnaire includes 10 items and is scored on a 5-point Likert scale, where "strongly disagree" = 1, "disagree" = 2, "neutral" = 3, "agree" = 4, and "strongly agree" = 5. The total score ranges from 10 to 50, with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction with the learning material (either the VH-based material or the printed material).
Time frame
60 minutesSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov