Physiotherapy student clinical placements in Australian private practice: Patient-reported outcomes with supervised student care.
health occupations
patient outcome assessment
patient reported outcome measures
private practice
students
Journal
Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy
ISSN: 1471-2865
Titre abrégé: Physiother Res Int
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9612022
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2022
Jan 2022
Historique:
revised:
30
08
2021
received:
19
02
2021
accepted:
09
10
2021
pubmed:
1
11
2021
medline:
11
1
2022
entrez:
31
10
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The sustainability of physiotherapy clinical placements is an ongoing challenge, yet there is potential to increase placement capacity within the private practice sector. Barriers to hosting students, including perceived impacts on patient care, reportedly limit the uptake of hosting students within this setting. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of physiotherapy student involvement on patient-reported Global Rating of Change (GRoC) in Australian physiotherapy private practice care. A cross-sectional, patient survey study was conducted in three private physiotherapy practices over two 5-week periods. At their completion of care, participants completed the survey seeking demographic information, GRoC and aspects of care including number of consultations involving students, proportion of physiotherapy time involving students and frequency of student involvement in treatment delivery. After accounting for clinic-level differences, ordinal logistic regression analyses were performed to explore the impact of supervised student care on GRoC. 119 participants across three practices completed the survey. There were no significant associations between patient-reported GRoC and: (1) student involvement in patient care; (2) number of consultations involving students; (3) proportion of physiotherapy time involving students; or (4) frequency of student involvement in treatment delivery (p > 0.05). Supervised student care in private physiotherapy practice does not appear to have a detrimental impact on patient-reported outcomes. These findings may address concerns relating to student involvement in patient care within this setting. Future research should address economic and service delivery impacts of supervised student care on private practices.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
OBJECTIVE
The sustainability of physiotherapy clinical placements is an ongoing challenge, yet there is potential to increase placement capacity within the private practice sector. Barriers to hosting students, including perceived impacts on patient care, reportedly limit the uptake of hosting students within this setting. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of physiotherapy student involvement on patient-reported Global Rating of Change (GRoC) in Australian physiotherapy private practice care.
METHODS
METHODS
A cross-sectional, patient survey study was conducted in three private physiotherapy practices over two 5-week periods. At their completion of care, participants completed the survey seeking demographic information, GRoC and aspects of care including number of consultations involving students, proportion of physiotherapy time involving students and frequency of student involvement in treatment delivery. After accounting for clinic-level differences, ordinal logistic regression analyses were performed to explore the impact of supervised student care on GRoC.
RESULTS
RESULTS
119 participants across three practices completed the survey. There were no significant associations between patient-reported GRoC and: (1) student involvement in patient care; (2) number of consultations involving students; (3) proportion of physiotherapy time involving students; or (4) frequency of student involvement in treatment delivery (p > 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Supervised student care in private physiotherapy practice does not appear to have a detrimental impact on patient-reported outcomes. These findings may address concerns relating to student involvement in patient care within this setting. Future research should address economic and service delivery impacts of supervised student care on private practices.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e1929Subventions
Organisme : Health and Behavioural Sciences faculty at The University of Queensland
Organisme : Queensland Government
Informations de copyright
© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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