Recommendations of behavioural facilitators for success in a physiotherapy clinical practice module: Successful students' perspectives.
Liezel Ennion, Danelle Hess
PMID 32285018WHAT IT FOUND
High-achieving physiotherapy students ranked preparation before each clinical block and daily preparation as the top behaviour for success.
They also valued self-reflection and patient rapport. These are student perspectives, not tested interventions.
Key findings
01Both student groups ranked doing pre-block and daily preparation as the most important facilitator for success in the clinical practice module.
02Both groups also placed self-reflection and having good rapport with patients among their top five facilitators.
03Peer learning and sharing experiences was valued by the 2016 cohort but not echoed by the 2017 cohort.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for PTs
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What it does not show
Only 14 participants were studied, and all were selected because they had the highest marks in a third-year clinical practice module. Data came from one South African university, so the findings may not fit other students or institutions. The study asked successful students to describe their own perceptions; it did not test whether the listed behaviours cause success. The two groups did not agree on all top behaviours, for example peer learning was ranked by the 2016 cohort but not the 2017 cohort. Some coping findings are reported only as majority responses rather than exact counts.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read these behaviours as proven causes of clinical success. The study asked 14 already high-scoring physiotherapy students to describe what helped them, and it did not test whether the behaviours work.