Gamification boosts learning for Life-Saving birth skills
NCT ID NCT07207590
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a web-based gamification app helps midwifery students learn and remember how to manage postpartum hemorrhage better than traditional classroom teaching. About 150 fourth-year students will be randomly assigned to either the gamified app or standard lessons. Their knowledge will be tested before, right after, and three months after the training to see if the game-based approach improves long-term retention.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- web-based gamification application
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that gamification improves how well students learn and remember critical emergency care steps, potentially leading to better training methods.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage educational study with 150 students at one university. Results may not apply to other settings, and the approach may not improve real-world skills or patient outcomes.
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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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About 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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17 to 25 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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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: * Volunteer to participate in the study * Must be a 4th-year midwifery student * Must know how to use a scanner * Must have successfully completed all courses on normal and risky pregnancies and normal and risky births Exclusion Criteria: * Having received any prior training on postpartum hemorrhage management
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cukurova University
Adana, Adana, 01330, Turkey (Türkiye)