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Physical Therapy Students' Reflective Thinking With Narrative Photography in Heart Transplantation

NCT05800912 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 117

Last updated 2023-04-06

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Summary

Physical therapy students must learn about heart transplantation, and must be able to communicate with patients using empathy and moral sensitivity. The aim of the study is to compare the narrative photography (NP) and traditional learning (TL) methods applied to heart transplantation physical therapy, as they relate to physical therapy students' knowledge, empathy, satisfaction, and moral sensitivity.

Conditions

  • Students

Interventions

OTHER

Narrative photography

Students were shown real-life written stories, audio, and videos using a private online platform. The training activity included four modules: i) heart transplantation waiting list; ii) life expectancy, fear of death, and organ rejection; iii) post-transplant physical and functional limitations; and iv) lack of knowledge of physical exercise patients can perform. The students were encouraged to think about how they would feel if they had undergone heart transplantation. Afterward, they had to communicate these feelings using up to three photographs and reflective explanatory text. Two weeks later, the students met a heart transplantation expert patient followed by an educator-guided debate. Students' images were shared and discussed. Moreover, students were encouraged to explain their feelings and their acquired skills (two hours).

OTHER

Traditional learning

A participatory lecture was carried out, in which cardiac rehabilitation in heart transplantation patients was explained. Then, there was an educator-guided debate about protocols and actions (one hour). Second, the students autonomously prepared clinical cases on physical limitations, physical exercise, risk factors, and life after transplantation (two hours). Two weeks later, the clinical session was held among students (2 hours). They adopted the roles of physical therapists or transplant patients to work on: i) post-transplant physical and functional limitations; ii) lack of knowledge of the physical exercise the patient can perform; iii) control of cardiovascular risk factors; iv) life post-transplant.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Valencia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elena Marqués Sulé, PhD · Univeristy of Valencia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-01
Primary Completion
2022-06-30
Completion
2022-06-30

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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