Safo-Kantanka NK, Quartey J, Kwakye SK. Physiotherapy students' rating on lecturers' and supervisors' clinical education attributes.
Hong Kong Physiother J 2024;
44:79-90. [PMID:
38510158 PMCID:
PMC10949104 DOI:
10.1142/s1013702524500045]
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Abstract
Background
Clinical education is considered a vital aspect of education of health science students. Attributes of clinical educators play a crucial role in determining the outcome of clinical teaching and learning. A good clinical educator ensures that students get maximum benefits of the clinical learning experience.
Objective
To determine the ratings of physiotherapy students on clinical education attributes of lecturers and clinical supervisors.
Methods
The study was conducted with 81 clinical physiotherapy students from two universities in Ghana. Two copies of McGill clinical teachers' evaluation (CTE) tool were used to obtain students' ratings on their clinical supervisors' and lecturers' clinical education attributes. Independent t-test was used to compare the means of students' level of study and ratings regarding the clinical education attributes of clinical supervisors and lecturers.
Results
Students had a high rating on their clinical education attributes of supervisors and lecturers with a mean score of (121 . 22 ± 18 . 12 ) and (122 . 11 ± 16 . 71 ), respectively. Rating on clinical education attributes of supervisors (p = 0 . 111 ) and lecturers (p = 0 . 124 ) did not differ significantly between the different levels of study.
Conclusion
Clinical physiotherapy students rated the clinical education attributes of their lecturers and supervisors high.
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