Pairing cases may sharpen nursing Students' clinical judgment
NCT ID NCT07829965
First seen Sep 21, 2026 · Last updated Sep 21, 2026
Summary
Researchers test whether studying clinical cases in matched pairs helps undergraduate nursing students reason through new cases better than studying each case alone. Both groups receive the same eight training cases, the same time, and the same feedback. The paired group writes the key difference between cases and the general principle it shows. Seven days later, students solve eight new cases, and two blinded raters score their reasoning.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a teaching method that pairs similar clinical cases for side-by-side comparison
- What this could lead to
- If it works, nursing programs could adopt paired-case exercises to help students apply clinical reasoning to unfamiliar situations.
- What could go wrong
- The trial measures performance on written test cases, not real patient care, so better scores may not translate to the ward. Results come from one university and may not hold elsewhere.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 360 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Currently enrolled undergraduate nursing student (1st through 4th year) * Age 18 years or older * Sufficient Turkish reading and comprehension ability to complete study materials * Willing and able to provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Does not provide informed consent * Prior participation in the pilot study for this research * Prior exposure to the clinical case scenarios used in this study
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Bölümü
Ağrı, Turkey (Türkiye)