1Department of Physical Therapy, Namseoul University, Cheonan, Korea
2Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health and Welfare, Silla University, Busan, Korea
3Depatment of Physical Therapy, College of Healthcare Medical Science and Engineering, Inje University, Gimhae, Korea
4Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health and Welfare, Woosong University, Daejeon, Korea
5Department of Physical Therapy, Daegu Health College, Daegu, Korea
6Department of Physical Therapy, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology, Daejeon, Korea
7Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
8Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Science, Eulji University, Seongnam, Korea
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Authors’ contributions
Conceptualization: JL, HGK, CSA. Data curation: TO, JSO, Wl, Jl, SKH, YSP. Formal analysis: TO, JL, WL. Funding acquisition: CSA. Methodology: JL, SKH, YSP. Project administration: JL, HGK, CSA. Writing–original draft: JL. Writing–review & editing: JC, TO, JSO, WL, JL, SKH, YSP, HGK, CSA.
Conflict of interest
No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.
Funding
This study was supported by a research grant from the Korea Health Personnel Licensing Examination Insititute of Korea in 2019.
Data availability
Data files are available from Harvard Dataverses: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XYM7XQ
Dataset 1. Response data from 299 subjects.
Importance of essential competencies for physical treatment | Mean±standard deviation | Sum of squares | Degree of freedom | Mean squared | F-value | Post-hoc |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic medicine | 4.06±0.50 | 27.94 | 2.14 | 13.09 | 129.33** | 1<4<2,3 |
Diagnosis and evaluation | 4.45±0.48 | |||||
Interventions | 4.42±0.50 | |||||
Other competencies | 4.36±0.52 |
Frequency of the utilization of essential competencies of physical therapists | Mean±standard deviation | Sum of squares | Degree of freedom | Mean squared | F-value | Post-hoc |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic medicine | 3.89±0.89 | 13.08 | 2.32 | 5.64 | 42.98** | 1<3<2,4 |
Diagnosis and evaluation | 4.14±0.14 | |||||
Interventions | 4.08±0.08 | |||||
Other competencies | 4.16±0.16 |
Characteristic | Category | Person (%) |
---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 159 (53.7) |
Female | 137 (46.3) | |
Age (yr) | 20 | 147 (49.7) |
30 | 82 (27.7) | |
40 | 42 (14.2) | |
>50 | 25 (8.4) | |
Highest level of education | College graduate | 197 (22.3) |
Master’s | 50 (16.9) | |
PhD | 49 (16.6) | |
Career (yr) | <3 | 106 (22.6) |
3–10 | 102 (18.9) | |
>10 | 88 (19.6) | |
Place of employment | Primary medical institution | 63 (21.3) |
Secondary medical institution | 100 (28.7) | |
Tertiary medical institution | 60 (20.3) | |
University | 47 (15.9) | |
Others | 26 (5.1) | |
Specialization | Musculoskeletal system | 140 (47.3) |
Nervous system | 127 (42.9) | |
Cardiovascular system | 8 (2.7) | |
Integumentary system | 2 (0.7) | |
Others | 19 (6.4) |
Areas | Reliability (Cronbach’s α) | Subareas | Reliability (Cronbach’s α) |
---|---|---|---|
Basic medicine (30) | 0.933 | Anatomy (10) | 0.874 |
Kinematics (4) | 0.717 | ||
Physical agent modalities (16) | 0.936 | ||
Diagnosis and evaluation (38) | 0.961 | Principle of diagnosis and evaluation (8) | 0.901 |
Musculoskeletal system examination and evaluation (6) | 0.874 | ||
Nervous system examination and evaluation (11) | 0.911 | ||
Cardiopulmonary blood relation examination and evaluation (6) | 0.939 | ||
Clinical decisions (6) | 0.905 | ||
Interventions (43) | 0.969 | Musculoskeletal interventions (8) | 0.863 |
Neurological interventions (8) | 0.890 | ||
Cardiopulmonary blood relations interventions (5) | 0.898 | ||
Skin system interventions (2) | 0.929 | ||
Physical therapy in the community (2) | 0.951 | ||
Physical therapy for children and adolescents(4) | 0.952 | ||
Physical therapy in sports (3) | 0.960 | ||
Physical therapy for the elderly (4) | 0.923 | ||
Physical therapy for women (2) | 0.942 | ||
Medical care regulations (5) | 0.921 | ||
Other competencies (9) | 0.914 | Areas of communication (4) | 0.804 |
Professional training and development (2) | 0.853 | ||
Medical personnel’s ethical and interpersonal personal capabilities (3) | 0.912 |
Importance of essential competencies for physical treatment | Mean±standard deviation | Sum of squares | Degree of freedom | Mean squared | F-value | Post-hoc |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic medicine | 4.06±0.50 | 27.94 | 2.14 | 13.09 | 129.33 |
1<4<2,3 |
Diagnosis and evaluation | 4.45±0.48 | |||||
Interventions | 4.42±0.50 | |||||
Other competencies | 4.36±0.52 |
Frequency of the utilization of essential competencies of physical therapists | Mean±standard deviation | Sum of squares | Degree of freedom | Mean squared | F-value | Post-hoc |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic medicine | 3.89±0.89 | 13.08 | 2.32 | 5.64 | 42.98 |
1<3<2,4 |
Diagnosis and evaluation | 4.14±0.14 | |||||
Interventions | 4.08±0.08 | |||||
Other competencies | 4.16±0.16 |
Parentheses indicate the number of questions.
1: basic medicine, 2: diagnosis and evaluation, 3: interventions, 4: other competencies (communication capabilities, professional training and development capabilities, and medical personnel’s ethical and interpersonal capabilities). P<0.01.
1: basic medicine, 2: diagnosis and evaluation, 3: interventions, 4: other competencies (communication capabilities, professional training and development capabilities, and medical personnel’s ethical and interpersonal capabilities). P<0.01.