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Role Model-Based Ethics Education and Moral Injury Prevention in Second-Year Medical Students

NCT07656402 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 101

Last updated 2026-06-18

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Summary

This study examines whether role model-based ethics education can reduce moral injury and perceived stress, and improve resilience, among second-year medical students in Taiwan. Students participated in a general education ethics course and self-selected into one of two groups: a standard-intensity group receiving role model narratives and guided handouts, or an enhanced-intensity group receiving the same content plus reflective writing assignments and live guest appearances by featured practitioners. Validated questionnaires measuring moral injury (MIDS), perceived stress (PSS-14), and resilience (CD-RISC-10) were administered before and after the course. Open-ended written responses were also collected and analyzed. The study aims to inform early curricular integration of ethics education in medical training and to identify instructional designs that support moral agency without inadvertently promoting emotional disengagement.

Conditions

  • Moral Injury
  • Perceived Stress
  • Resilience
  • Ethics Education

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Role Model-Based Ethics Education (Standard Intensity)

Participants attended a semester-long general education ethics course incorporating role model narratives drawn from real clinical practitioners. Guided reflection handouts were provided to facilitate structured engagement with the ethical themes presented. This condition served as the active comparator.

BEHAVIORAL

Role Model-Based Ethics Education (Enhanced Intensity)

Participants attended the same role model-based ethics course as the standard-intensity group, with two additional components: structured reflective writing assignments requiring personal ethical reflection, and live guest appearances by the practitioners featured in the role model narratives. This condition served as the experimental arm.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chun Lun Hsu

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chun Lun Hsu · National Defense Medical University, Taiwan

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-11-01
Primary Completion
2025-12-31
Completion
2026-02-20

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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