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Objectives: Clinical competencies are learning outcomes the student should display by the end of the program and competency based instruction measures what participants have learned as opposed to what instructors think they have thought. Objective of this study was to compare student and faculty perceptions of the importance and achievement of clinical competencies in rehabilitation programs.
Methods: The survey instrument was a dual-response 5-point Likert-type questionnaire consisting of 29 competencies based on content and skill areas in the management of patient with chronic illnesses. The instrument was administered to all faculty members and final year undergraduate students of three rehabilitation programs including Speech therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy at the University of Rehabilitation and Social Welfare in Iran.
Results: 45 students and 19 faculty members participated in the study. Overall, most of the students (81%) rated themselves as moderately competent (mean between 2 to 4). Perceived self-efficacy of male students was significantly higher than female students. (P=0.014) Differences between perceived importance and perceived achievement were statistically significant in each subject group. (P=0.000).
Discussion: Faculty members and students shared very similar perceptions on the importance & achievement of competencies. Difference between importance and achievement of competencies may suggest a failure in consideration of required competencies or successful implementation of them in the current curriculum.
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Original Article Comparing faculty and students perceptions on clinical competency achievement in rehabilitation programs Shokooh Foroozan, Hossaini Mohammad Ali, PhD.
Objective of this study was to compare student and faculty perceptions of the importance and achievement of clinical competencies in rehabilitation programs.
Objectives: Keywords: clinical competency, perception, chronic illness, curriculum evaluation, rehabilitation Submitted: 17 June 2009 Accepted: 22 Sep 2009 Introduction The concept of "professional competence "is defined as the aptitude to carry out a task or job position effectively and possessing the qualifications required.
For the purpose of this study, researchers decided to measure perceptions of students and faculty members about competencies related to management of persons with chronic illnesses.
Objectives of this study were to determine the perceptions of undergraduate students toward importance of clinical competencies and their self-efficacy perceptions of those competencies and at the same time, to determine the perceptions of faculty members toward importance of clinical competencies in the curriculum and the extent of achievement of those competencies, and to explore differences and similarities between these two perspectives.
Comparing student and faculty members perceptions on achievement of clinical competencies No. Competency Student self- efficacy Mean ±SD Faculty achievement Mean ±SD 1 professional documenting of client’s care 3.
Discussion This study examines the perceptions of faculty members and students on the importance and achievement of clinical competencies in rehabilitation programs.
(10,11,12) Although faculty members had a favourable perception on importance and achievement of the competency "applying concepts of rehabilitation when giving rehabilitation services" in the program , students did not share the same belief.