What clinical competencies do we expect from physiotherapy students at the University of the Western Cape?

Simuzingili, Tyson; Amosun, Seyi Ladele

What clinical competencies do we expect from physiotherapy students at the University of the Western Cape?

Date

1998

Authors

Simuzingili, Tyson

Amosun, Seyi Ladele

Publisher

Aosis

Abstract

The purpose o f this study is to identify the clinical competencies that are expected o f physiotherapy students at the University o f the Western Cape. A list o fte n categories o f clinical competencies was first compiled from the literature and administered to 2 lecturers, 5 clinical supervisors and 10 fin a l year students, to elicit their perspectives o f expected clinical competencies. Based on the outcome o f this, a list o f eight categories o f competencies was administered to 7 lecturers, 50 clinical supervisors and 31 fin a l year students. Participants were requested to rank the competencies in order o f what was considered to be essential. The analysis o f 79 responses revealed similarities among lecturers, clinical supervisors and students in the ranking o f three competencies, but disparities in the ranking o f fiv e competencies. Reasons fo r the disparities, and the impact o f the disparities on students are discussed. Further research is recommended to identify the reasons fo r the disparities.

Keywords

Clinical competencies, Rankings, Lecturers, Clinical supervisors

Citation

Simuzingili, T., & Amosun, S. L. (1998). What clinical competencies do we expect from physiotherapy students at the university of the western cape? South African Journal of Physiotherapy, 54(4), 10-14. doi:10.4102/sajp.v54i4.583