The burden on clinicians in busy health care settings to provide teaching and supervision for stu... more The burden on clinicians in busy health care settings to provide teaching and supervision for students has grown as training numbers have increased, and to address this there are more short courses available to build competency, with many including multidisciplinary offerings; however, the efficacy of providing interprofessional training for clinical supervisors has not been adequately explored. Eight hundred and seventy participants self-reported their confidence, motivation and effectiveness as a clinical supervisor prior to and after their participation in interprofessional clinical supervisor training. Means and standard deviations were calculated and mean difference values were compared using t-tests or anova. The burden on clinicians ... to provide teaching and supervision for students has grown RESULTS: The programme had the greatest impact on self-reported confidence (mean difference = 0.77), particularly among female participants, followed by self-reported effectiveness (me...
Training in a variety of skills while caring for patients, without the burden of unnecessary task... more Training in a variety of skills while caring for patients, without the burden of unnecessary tasks, and with meaningful feedback and supervision and time for reflection and self-care -- too much to ask?
The purpose of this study was to identify entry-level physiotherapists perceptions of workplace i... more The purpose of this study was to identify entry-level physiotherapists perceptions of workplace injuries in private practice and the strategies they may use to reduce occupational injury risk in physiotherapy. Seventy-nine final year physiotherapy students were presented with a private practice workplace scenario, recent injury statistics, and common job risk factors in physiotherapy and were required to choose between the options of being a salaried employee or contractor and to discuss self-management strategies. This question was part of a substantive written examination that is a compulsory aspect of the final assessment for these students. Students identified nine categories for self-management and reducing injury risk with the majority of students choosing the option of being a contractor in preference to being a salaried employee. Regardless of the preferred employment option, students tended to select self-management strategies that would have a negative impact on income and service delivery and may be reflective of the relative inexperience of these students in private sector workplace settings. Given the high prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) in the 5 five years postgraduation, the findings from this study highlight the need for educational institutions and employers to address occupational health and risk factors in physiotherapy, which would include education on prevention as well as appropriate self-management strategies within each workplace.
Expectations are an integral part of the psychosocial makeup of each patient, and there is a grow... more Expectations are an integral part of the psychosocial makeup of each patient, and there is a growing recognition among physiotherapists that psychosocial issues may impact the outcome of physiotherapy. This article seeks to clarify the term "patient expectation" by providing some definitions and an overview of the literature describing the concepts and theories associated with patients' expectations. These concepts are then related to physiotherapy to highlight the impact that patients' expectations may have on the outcome of physiotherapy, and the implications for physiotherapy are discussed.
This paper addresses significant gaps in the wining programs of sport-injury rehabilitation perso... more This paper addresses significant gaps in the wining programs of sport-injury rehabilitation personnel (SIRPs) in the psychology ma. The main aim of the article is to offer for consideration a psychoeducational curriculum that is specifically designed for the training of professionals who work with injured athletes. In addition to describing the applied implications of research on the psychological aspects of sport injuries for professional practitioners. reviews of what SIRPs consider is missing-but-desirable in their professional wining. and the effectiveness of certain psychological strategies, are presented. Finally. an overview of a prototypical three-year curriculum for professional training programs is outlined.
The burden on clinicians in busy health care settings to provide teaching and supervision for stu... more The burden on clinicians in busy health care settings to provide teaching and supervision for students has grown as training numbers have increased, and to address this there are more short courses available to build competency, with many including multidisciplinary offerings; however, the efficacy of providing interprofessional training for clinical supervisors has not been adequately explored. Eight hundred and seventy participants self-reported their confidence, motivation and effectiveness as a clinical supervisor prior to and after their participation in interprofessional clinical supervisor training. Means and standard deviations were calculated and mean difference values were compared using t-tests or anova. The burden on clinicians ... to provide teaching and supervision for students has grown RESULTS: The programme had the greatest impact on self-reported confidence (mean difference = 0.77), particularly among female participants, followed by self-reported effectiveness (me...
Training in a variety of skills while caring for patients, without the burden of unnecessary task... more Training in a variety of skills while caring for patients, without the burden of unnecessary tasks, and with meaningful feedback and supervision and time for reflection and self-care -- too much to ask?
The purpose of this study was to identify entry-level physiotherapists perceptions of workplace i... more The purpose of this study was to identify entry-level physiotherapists perceptions of workplace injuries in private practice and the strategies they may use to reduce occupational injury risk in physiotherapy. Seventy-nine final year physiotherapy students were presented with a private practice workplace scenario, recent injury statistics, and common job risk factors in physiotherapy and were required to choose between the options of being a salaried employee or contractor and to discuss self-management strategies. This question was part of a substantive written examination that is a compulsory aspect of the final assessment for these students. Students identified nine categories for self-management and reducing injury risk with the majority of students choosing the option of being a contractor in preference to being a salaried employee. Regardless of the preferred employment option, students tended to select self-management strategies that would have a negative impact on income and service delivery and may be reflective of the relative inexperience of these students in private sector workplace settings. Given the high prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) in the 5 five years postgraduation, the findings from this study highlight the need for educational institutions and employers to address occupational health and risk factors in physiotherapy, which would include education on prevention as well as appropriate self-management strategies within each workplace.
Expectations are an integral part of the psychosocial makeup of each patient, and there is a grow... more Expectations are an integral part of the psychosocial makeup of each patient, and there is a growing recognition among physiotherapists that psychosocial issues may impact the outcome of physiotherapy. This article seeks to clarify the term "patient expectation" by providing some definitions and an overview of the literature describing the concepts and theories associated with patients' expectations. These concepts are then related to physiotherapy to highlight the impact that patients' expectations may have on the outcome of physiotherapy, and the implications for physiotherapy are discussed.
This paper addresses significant gaps in the wining programs of sport-injury rehabilitation perso... more This paper addresses significant gaps in the wining programs of sport-injury rehabilitation personnel (SIRPs) in the psychology ma. The main aim of the article is to offer for consideration a psychoeducational curriculum that is specifically designed for the training of professionals who work with injured athletes. In addition to describing the applied implications of research on the psychological aspects of sport injuries for professional practitioners. reviews of what SIRPs consider is missing-but-desirable in their professional wining. and the effectiveness of certain psychological strategies, are presented. Finally. an overview of a prototypical three-year curriculum for professional training programs is outlined.
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