Quick online modules boost safety skills in future nurses, study finds
NCT ID NCT07367906
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 10, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study tested whether a digital microlearning program—short, scenario-based online modules—could improve patient-safety awareness and error recognition in nursing students before they start surgical clinical practice. Ninety second-year nursing students were randomly assigned to receive the microlearning program plus standard education or standard education alone. Researchers measured changes in safety awareness, error recognition, decision-making under stress, and confidence at several time points.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Digital microlearning program (short, scenario-based online modules)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, low-cost way to better prepare nursing students for safe surgical practice.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study in one university with 90 students, so results may not apply broadly. It tested education, not a treatment.
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Study facts
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- 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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90 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Finished
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Apr 2026
- 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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18 years and older
- 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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Inclusion Criteria * Second-year undergraduate nursing students enrolled in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing * Registered for the relevant surgical nursing course * Preparing to begin their first surgical clinical placement * Aged 18 years or older * Willing and able to provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria * Previous failure or repetition of the relevant surgical nursing course * Absenteeism meeting the course exclusion threshold before randomization * Previous surgical clinical practice experience * Previous professional nursing or healthcare work experience * Concurrent participation in another patient-safety education study * Inability to complete the baseline assessment before randomization
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Agri Ibrahim Cecen University Faculty of Health Sciences
AĞRI, Merkez, 04100, Turkey (Türkiye)
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