Reverse OSCE: a smarter way to train future nurses on ventilators?
NCT ID NCT07274618
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a group-based reverse OSCE method to teach mechanical ventilation to 70 nursing students. Half learned through interactive stations, the other half through traditional lectures. Researchers measured knowledge and skills before and after to see which approach worked better.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Group-based reverse OSCE educational intervention
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this teaching method could improve how nursing students learn mechanical ventilation skills, potentially leading to better patient care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center educational study with 70 participants. Results may not apply to other settings or student groups.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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70 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: students from the nursing discipline who were in their clinical internship or clerkship students who completed relevant coursework in respiratory physiology, and had successfully passed the theoretical course in critical care. no prior participation in similar ventilator training workshops within the past six months, demonstrating willingness for voluntary participation, and being able to attend the full 10-hour workshop (including both theoretical and practical components). Exclusion Criteria: partial attendance in the workshop, withdrawal at any stage of the study the occurrence of acute medical or emergency conditions interfering with participation or failure to complete the pre- and post-intervention assessment tools.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Torbat-e Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences
Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh, Iran
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