Identifying Learning Strategies to Improve Blood Pressure Measurement in Physical Therapy Education Programs

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Conditions studied: Blood Pressure Measurement

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine an effective teaching strategy for Physical Therapy students in a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program that will produce consistent and accurate measuring of patient BP readings in the healthcare clinic according to the guidelines established by the AHA.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04976452

Run by

Youngstown State University

People needed

82

Starts

2021-09-02

Expected to finish

2021-12-16

Last updated by the study team

2024-01-31

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may not qualify if…

• Group 1 Exclusion criteria (Experimental group):
• Must be admitted to DPT program at Youngstown State University
• Complete the Blood Pressure (BP) measure training module in the Clinical Skills Foundation
• Pass the competency lab examination in Clinical Skills Foundation (> 80% score)
• Group 2 Exclusion criteria (Control group):
• Must be admitted to DPT program at Youngstown State University
• Have not completed the BP training module (AMA) and competency lab examination in the Clinical Skills Foundation course
• Patient Exclusion criteria:
• Must be able to follow basic commands
• Must be able to perform a transfer to multiple surfaces

Where it is running

• Midlothian Free Clinic — Youngstown, Ohio, United States

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