Physiotherapy students' rating on lecturers' and supervisors' clinical education attributes.
Nana Kwame Safo-Kantanka, Jonathan Quartey, Samuel Koranteng Kwakye
PMID 38510158WHAT IT FOUND
Physiotherapy students in Ghana rated their clinical supervisors and lecturers highly on teaching attributes.
Lecturers scored slightly higher than supervisors. Students valued discussion opportunities most, but rated the use of research evidence and attention to social and psychological aspects of illness lowest.
Key findings
01Students rated lecturers slightly higher than clinical supervisors, with mean scores of 122.11 and 121.22 respectively on the McGill CTE tool.
02The lowest-rated attributes for supervisors and lecturers were related to challenging evidence in journals and addressing social and psychological aspects of illness.
03There was no statistically significant difference in ratings between third-year and fourth-year students for either supervisors or lecturers.
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What it does not show
The study used convenient sampling from two universities in Ghana, limiting generalizability to other contexts or countries. Data relied entirely on self-reported student perceptions, which may be subject to response or recall bias. The study did not observe actual teaching practices, so it reflects student satisfaction rather than objective educational effectiveness. Gender differences in ratings were not analyzed.
Declared interests
The authors declared no competing interests, and the study received no funding.
The easy way to misread this
Do not interpret the high ratings as objective proof of effective teaching. The study measures student satisfaction through self-report, not observed teaching quality or student competency outcomes.