Psychological safety impacts learning in various professions and settings, including healthcare. While the construct has been investigated in medical and nursing education, less is known within allied health education. This study aimed to investigate athletic training and physical therapy students' perceptions of psychological safety within…

The purpose of this project was to determine the extent to which physiotherapists affiliated to occupational health services undertake the full clinical audit cycle. A sample of convenience was used to select physiotherapists that were in attendance over two conference days. Those who verbally consented to take part were asked to complete a survey…

Healthcare requires practitioners to successfully negotiate boundaries between communities of practice (CoP) in a clinical landscape of practice (LoP), with development of interprofessional identity important in promoting successful interprofessional collaboration. Interprofessional education (IPE) centered around acute hospital inpatients offers…

Purpose: The purpose of this case study is to describe a simulation-based assessment designed to assure student readiness for a first full-time clinical experience in an entry-level Doctor of Physical Therapy program that transitioned to mixed-mode instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: A cohort of 40 second-year…

Strong partnerships between academic health professions programs and clinical healthcare practice settings, termed academic-clinical partnerships, are essential in providing quality full-time clinical training experiences to health professions learners. However, the precise conditions and factors that promote strong academic-clinical partnerships…

Background: The experience of supervising an underperforming student (UPS) in clinical education and failure to fail (FTF) are described in health professions such as nursing and medicine but there is little description of it in Physical Therapist (PT) clinical education. Purpose: To explore the PT clinical instructors' (CIs) perceptions,…

The purpose of this study was to investigate physical therapy students' attitudes toward working with older adults. A basic qualitative design geared toward discovering physical therapy students' attitudes, where themes emerge from the findings, was used. The setting was a CAPTE Accredited Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program in a 4-year,…

The purpose of this study was to: 1) examine existing interprofessional pain management curricula in a DPT and MOT program by mapping pain subject matter to the IASP interprofessional content to determine gaps, vertical and horizontal coherence and integration 2) evaluate pain knowledge and attitudes early and late curriculum within the current…

Clinical Reasoning (CR) integrates thinking and decision-making in clinical practice (Huhn et al., 2019). CR is an established area of research in Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) education (Musolino & Jensen, 2019; Jensen & Mostrom, 2012) and has been acknowledged as a core competency of physical therapist residency education (APTA…

Background: Physical therapist student clinical performance is an essential indicator of professional competence later as a practicing clinician. The Physical Therapist Clinical Performance Instrument (PTCPI) is the most common instrument used by physical therapy programs in the United States. Currently, however, researchers have found little to…

The growing complexity of the healthcare environment and the need to equitably address the health and well-being of a diverse patient population has increased the requirement for practical instruction and assessment of clinical reasoning in the training of health professionals. Formative assessment, in the form of feedback, is recognized as an…

Communication between Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students and the university's academic faculty during clinical experiences throughout the DPT program can be varied. This may lead to a variety of issues going unnoticed or unreported. The qualitative case study design uses focus group and one-on-one interviews as means of data collection to…

Many Americans experience high levels of stress, particularly young adults and college students. Stress has been found to be particularly high among students in the health professions, including physical therapy students. High levels of stress, chronic stress, or stress that is not well managed can have negative effects on physical and mental…

A recent interest in the improvement of teamwork in the healthcare industry has occurred as well as a realization that medical errors are often related to poorly functioning interprofessional teams. This interest is triggering changes in pre-professional accreditation standards for allied health programs which require the use of interprofessional…

In healthcare, cultural competence is an essential skill identified as one of the most modifiable factors in resolving health disparities. Through the lens of multiple frameworks, including the Process of Cultural Competence in the Delivery of Healthcare Services, multicultural education, and reflective practitioner, this study seeks to explore…