Perception and empathy of students who performed (roles play) in simulated clinical activities

• Grant number: 18/10524-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2019
• End date: July 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nursing
• Principal Investigator: Alessandra Mazzo
• Grantee: Paulo Eduardo de Souza Crescêncio
• Host Institution: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto (EERP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project has as its general objective to evaluate the perception and empathy of students who played roles of simulated patients (role play) in simulated clinical activities and as specific objectives 1) To verify how the students see themselves in the role of patient during the simulated activity; 2) Measure the empathy of the students who played the role of simulated patient. Methodology: It's a mixed study, to be performed among 30 undergraduate students from the health area of a public university in the state of São Paulo, enrolled in a workshop to be offered, which theme is the same of the study. Students will participate in the workshop in a classroom-based manner (participation in simulated clinical scenarios). During the activities, they will be able to act as simulated patients and, in the sequence, their perception of this role and levels of empathy will be verified. To measure the proposed objectives, two tools will be used: the characterization tool and the empathy inventory (Falcone, 2008). Students' perceptions will be identified in a focus group. The quantitative characterization data of the subjects and the IE (Falcone, 2008) will be analyzed by descriptive statistics and parametric and non-parametric tests and the qualitative data of the focus group will be analyzed by content analysis. This project will be submitted to the Ethics Committee of the Ribeirão Preto School of Nursing. The Informed Consent Term (TCLE) will be applied. The consent to use IE (Falcone, 2008) was obtained by the researchers.