The effect of psychodrama-based intervention on therapeutic communication skills and cognitive flexibility among nursing students: A 12-month follow-up study.

Aim: This research aimed to evaluate the effect of the psychodrama-based intervention used in the communication course of 2nd year nursing students on their therapeutic communication skills and cognitive flexibility.

Background: Psychodrama has been defined as a way of practicing living without being punished for making mistakes. The psychodrama-based interventions can be used as a novel teaching method to improve therapeutic communication skills and cognitive flexibility in education by allowing students to learn from their trials and errors before going into clinical practice and communicating one-on-one with the patient.