Clinical performance assessment tools in physiotherapy practice education: a systematic review

O’Connor, Anne; McGarr, Oliver; Cantillon, Peter; McCurtin, Arlene; Clifford, Amanda M.

doi:10.1016/j.physio.2017.01.005

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“…Assessing clinical competencies is important when preparing PT students for clinical practice [ 35 – 37 ]. A range of tools has been used to evaluate clinical competencies [ 38 – 41 ].…”

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Validity and reproducibility of a tool for assessing clinical competencies in physical therapy students

Narvaez

Vargas-Pinilla²,

Rodríguez-Grande

2018

BMC Med Educ

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BackgroundThe evaluation of competencies in the clinical field is essential for health professionals, as it allows the acquisition of these competencies to be tracked. The objective of this study was to create and evaluate the validity and reliability of a tool for measuring clinical competencies in physical therapy (PT) students to assess the quality of their performance in a professional context.MethodsA descriptive study was designed. The Measurement Tool for Clinical Competencies in PT (MTCCP) was developed based on the evaluation of 39 experts: 15 clinicians and 24 instructors. The content validity was evaluated using the Content Validity Index (CVI). Three professors were invited to apply the tool to 10 students. Cronbach’s alpha, exploratory factor analysis, and the intraclass correlation coefficient were used to determine the reliability and validity of the scale.ResultsThe CVI was positive—higher than 0.8. Principal component analysis confirmed the construct validity of the tool for two main factors: clinical reasoning (first factor) and professional behavior (second factor). With regard to reliability, the MTCCP achieved an internal congruence of 0.982. The inter-evaluator reproducibility for clinical reasoning, professional behavior, and the total MTCCP score was almost perfect; the ICCs were 0.984, 0.930, and 0.983, respectively.ConclusionsThe MTCCP is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing the performance of PT students in hospital settings and can be used to determine what skills students feel less confident using and what additional training/learning opportunities could be provided. Further research is needed to determine whether the MTCCP has similar validity and reproducibility in other Spanish-speaking national and international PT programs.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12909-018-1377-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…These results have important implications for PT clinical education. Educators must be committed to using valid assessment tools that measure their students’ performance in their clinical areas objectively, accurately, and consistently in terms of the prioritization of core clinical duties on a day-to-day basis [ 35 ].…”

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Validity and reproducibility of a tool for assessing clinical competencies in physical therapy students

Narvaez

Vargas-Pinilla²,

Rodríguez-Grande

2018

BMC Med Educ

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“…Correspondingly, the changing demands of healthcare from a sickness to a wellness model will necessitate change and development of the physiotherapy profession. Across different countries and regions, there are different and specific challenges to be addressed including inadequate resources,3 advances in technology,4 entry to practice education standards,5 direct access to physiotherapy,6 specialisation and advanced practice,2 and changing population health needs 4…”

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Leadership in physiotherapy: experiences of leaders of physiotherapy professional organisations

McGowan

Stokes

2019

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BackgroundThe changing demands of healthcare and ongoing advances in practice and technology require corresponding change and development of the physiotherapy profession. Physiotherapy professional organisations perform many important functions in ensuring the ongoing growth and success of the profession. The leaders of these organisations therefore have key roles in progressing the physiotherapy profession in their country. To date, however, there has been very little written about these physiotherapy leaders and their work for the profession.PurposeTo explore the professional leadership journeys of international physiotherapy leaders and their experiences of leading physiotherapy professional organisations.MethodsSemistructured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 16 physiotherapy leaders from a range of physiotherapy professional organisations from around the world. The interviews were analysed using inductive thematic analysis.ResultsThree main themes were found in the analysis of the data: ‘Leadership roles, behaviours and challenges’, ‘Perceptions of the profession of physiotherapy’ and ‘Leadership development’.ConclusionsThe physiotherapy leaders describe interesting and varied roles that can also be challenging and demanding. They recognise the many challenges facing the physiotherapy profession internationally and the need for physiotherapists to more effectively advocate for the profession and demonstrate leadership. Leadership development opportunities and mentoring may be potential strategies to enable the development of future leaders of the physiotherapy profession.

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“…This fact is supported by Coronado et al (2011) conclusions. Nevertheless, it is evident the current interest on educational aspects (Lopes et al, 2016;O'Connor et al, 2017). Otherwise, we can see how the Physical Therapy research field is becoming more specific in other thematic area as Heart Rate and Exercise.…”

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An Overview of Thematic Evolution of Physical Therapy Research Area From 1951 to 2013

Moral-Muñoz

Arroyo-Morales

Herrera‐Viedma

et al. 2018

Front. Res. Metr. Anal.

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Physical Therapy is a profession which development and conceptual framework have been performed in the twentieth century. One of the major challenges of Physical Therapy in the twenty-first century is to identify the intellectual basis of its scientific domain. The aim of the present paper is to analyze the evolution of Physical Therapy research throughout scientific literature published in Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases. In order to perform the analysis, WoS and Scopus bibliographic databases were used to download all records.

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Clinical performance assessment tools in physiotherapy practice education: a systematic review

Cited by 38 publications

References 31 publications

Validity and reproducibility of a tool for assessing clinical competencies in physical therapy students

Validity and reproducibility of a tool for assessing clinical competencies in physical therapy students

Leadership in physiotherapy: experiences of leaders of physiotherapy professional organisations

An Overview of Thematic Evolution of Physical Therapy Research Area From 1951 to 2013

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