The perceptions of clinical physiotherapists of their role in supervising undergraduate students in selected tertiary hospitals in Tanzania
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Date
2019
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Clinical exposure is a major training component that professional training institutions use to
inculcate among undergraduate physiotherapy students clinical knowledge and skills from a real
world context. Good perceptions of clinical supervisors of their roles are an important element in
enabling effective clinical supervision. However, there is poor engagement of supervisors in
students‘ supervision resulting from different perceptions of the supervisors of their respective
roles in this endeavour.
Evidence shows that clinical supervisors perceive their responsibilities both positively and
negatively, in addition to the supervision benefits and counterbalanced by the challenges that
impact on their ability to supervise students effectively. Effective and ineffective engagement of
clinical supervisors in students‘ supervision necessitated this study to explore the perceptions of
clinical physiotherapy supervisors of their supervisory roles in this endeavour. The results of this
study may assist with making recommendations to address clinical supervision benefits and
challenges. The aim of the study is to explore clinical physiotherapists‘ perceptions of their
supervisory roles during undergraduate clinical supervision.
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Magister Scientiae (Physiotherapy) - MSc(Physio)
Keywords
Clinical supervisor, Clinical supervision, Perception, Physiotherapist, Tanzania