The Reliability and Validity of the Clinical Competence Evaluation Scale in
Physical Therapy |
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Authors: | Jun Yoshino Shigeru Usuda |
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Institution: | 1) Department of Physical Therapy Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Teikyo Heisei University, Japan;2) Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Japan |
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Abstract: | Purpose] To examine the internal consistency, criterion-related validity, factorial
validity, and content validity of the Clinical Competence Evaluation Scale in Physical
Therapy (CEPT). Subjects] The subjects were 278 novice physical therapy trainees and 119
tutors from 21 medical facilities. Methods] The trainees self-evaluated their clinical
competences and the tutors evaluated trainee competences using the CEPT. Overall trainee
autonomy was evaluated using a visual analog scale (VAS) for self-evaluation and the
trainees were also evaluated by their tutors. The content validity of the CEPT was
examined by asking if the CEPT could evaluate the competence of novice physical therapists
on a four-point scale. Results] Cronbach’s alpha of the CEPT was 0.96 for the trainees
and 0.97 for the tutors. The correlation coefficient between the total score of the CEPT
and whole competence by VAS was 0.83 for the trainees and 0.87 for the tutors. Factor
analysis identified two factors, “the specialty of the physical therapist” and “the
essential competence of a health professional”. Ninety percent or more of the trainees and
the tutors answered that the CEPT could sufficiently evaluate the competence of novice
physical therapists. Conclusion] The CEPT is a reliable and valid scale for clinical
competence evaluation of novice physical therapists.Key words: Clinical competence, Reliability, Validity |
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