The Blind Men, the Elephant, and the Continuing Education Course: Why Higher Standards Are Needed in Physical Therapist Professional Development

Peterson, Seth; Shepherd, Mark; Farrell, J. Paul; Rhon, Daniel I.

doi:10.2519/jospt.2022.11377

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“…Furthermore, a recent study [ 10 ] sought to investigate the knowledge of Brazilian physical therapists regarding the management of low back pain. The authors concluded that there is also a failure in the primary learning process, resulting, sometimes, in an incorrect diagnosis, which, in turn, delays the patient’s treatment, and may lead to incorrectly performed treatment [ 11 ]. The data indicate that physical therapists should be better trained to identify serious conditions that require referral to specialist services.…”

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The Impact of Training Time on Understanding the Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis According to SOSORT International Guidelines: An Online Survey Study

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The lack of knowledge by health professionals in the management of scoliosis can lead to an erroneous diagnosis. The aim of the current study was to understand the influence of length of professional experience on the knowledge of Brazilian physical therapists regarding international guidelines for the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The study was conducted using an online questionnaire consisting of 23 questions, divided into 8 questions on sociodemographic data and 15 questions based on information provided by the guidelines in the SOSORT 2016. In total, 506 physiotherapists were interviewed, and they comprised the study sample. The results showed that professionals who have been working for more than 6 years in the field have greater knowledge of AIS, seek to become more professional, and with that, have an understanding of AIS that is more aligned with the SOSORT. Length of experience made a difference when considering knowledge of the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis. The present study showed that a time since graduation of 6 years or more was satisfactory.

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The Impact of Training Time on Understanding the Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis According to SOSORT International Guidelines: An Online Survey Study

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“…Advanced degrees and continuing education are also parts of the continuum for future volumes to explore. 4 As the journal continues to grow, we expect to publish more papers on topics important to physical therapy clinical education in various forms. JCEPT accepts manuscript types such as original research, narrative and systematic reviews, innovative teaching methods or educational models, clinical education or clinical case reports, and critically appraised topics.…”

Section: T He Journal Of Clinical Education In Physicalmentioning

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Clinical education across the physical therapy professional continuum

Wong

Timmerberg

2022

jcept

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The Journal of Clinical Education in Physical Therapy (JCEPT) is a peer-reviewed open-access journal that aims to develop and disseminate quality evidence related to clinical education in physical therapy. Over the first 3 years of publishing, the number of article downloads has increased quickly with 2021 downloads more than tripling the previous year. Two articles were downloaded over 200 times in just the last year. This year, JCEPT has been indexed by the Directory of Open Access Journals, and we are on track to meet our goal of PubMed Central indexing within our first 5 years. COVID-19 continues to affect society and education. In this volume, two papers explore the impact of changes imposed on physical therapy education by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Many programs had to make changes to their clinical education routines due to COVID-19 restrictions and sudden limitations in clinical placements. One article explored the effect of fewer preparatory integrated clinical experiences on interpersonal communication skills and confidence in the acute care setting. Another explored the financial impact of COVID-19 on doctor of physical therapy students. JCEPT publishes scholarly work related to physical therapy education affecting any aspect of clinical practice at all levels of the professional continuum.1 The 2022 JCEPT volume, for instance, includes a model of physical therapist assistant learning in an intra-professional pro bono clinical environment with entry-level physical therapy students. For physical therapist education, articles address readiness for telehealth, the effect of integrated clinical experiences on interpersonal communication, decision making, and clinical reasoning. Post-professional topics include developing residents’ clinical reasoning and clinical instructors’ mentoring skills. Physical therapy as a profession requires a commitment to lifelong learning to ensure the profession evolves to best serve the public purpose.2 Lifelong learning is sometimes thought of as simply individual clinicians continually gaining additional knowledge and skill. Moving the profession forward, however, demands more structure.2 A more detailed formulation of lifelong learning includes activities that demonstrate the voluntary participation in professional activities that expand learning and the pursuit of opportunities to develop professionally.3 Examples within this volume include the pro bono clinics, residency training, and clinical instructors participating in simulated learning experiences within the didactic portion of physical therapy training. Advanced degrees and continuing education are also parts of the continuum for future volumes to explore.4 As the journal continues to grow, we expect to publish more papers on topics important to physical therapy clinical education in various forms. JCEPT accepts manuscript types such as original research, narrative and systematic reviews, innovative teaching methods or educational models, clinical education or clinical case reports, and critically appraised topics. Christopher Kevin Wong and Jean Fitzpatrick TimmerbergEditors in Chief

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“…Exploring the evolution law of the network in this complex network world and obtaining the hidden and valuable potential information resources has attracted the extensive attention of scholars. Related results can be found in [10][11][12][13][14][15].…”

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Investigation on the Distribution Characteristics of Chinese Continuing Education Based on the Community Detection Algorithm in Complex Networks

Lai

Qin

Qin-ming

2022

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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In order to closely fit the characteristics of continuing education, the development of continuing education teaching activities under the network background should not only be combined with the characteristics of professional adult education but also make reasonable use of modern teaching models in the actual teaching process. Based on the community detection algorithm in complex networks, this article makes thorough research and analysis on the complexity of Chinese continuing education by using complex network technology. By establishing the characteristics of vertex degree distribution, average path length, and clustering coefficient of complex networks, it is confirmed that Chinese continuing education has scale-free network characteristics and small-world network characteristics. The three aspects of relationship strength comprehensively analyze the information dissemination speed, scope, interpretation, and application; through the combination of the ant colony algorithm and complex network technology, multiple information dissemination paths are abstracted in Chinese continuing education. The research shows that the application of complex network algorithms can effectively improve the speed and quality of continuing education in China. It is found that the government should increase the number of adult education projects and improve the level of project categories, form key adult education research basis to promote the diversification of research subjects, expand the space for adult education projects to balance regional and provincial differences and attach importance to basic research on adult education, and integrate applied research.

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The Blind Men, the Elephant, and the Continuing Education Course: Why Higher Standards Are Needed in Physical Therapist Professional Development

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

The Impact of Training Time on Understanding the Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis According to SOSORT International Guidelines: An Online Survey Study

The Impact of Training Time on Understanding the Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis According to SOSORT International Guidelines: An Online Survey Study

Clinical education across the physical therapy professional continuum

Investigation on the Distribution Characteristics of Chinese Continuing Education Based on the Community Detection Algorithm in Complex Networks

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