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:: Volume 2, Issue 1 (2010) ::
RME 2010, 2(1): 10-16 Back to browse issues page
Faculty Members' Viewpoints Regarding Importance of Clinical Competences in the Effective Rehabilitation Programs
F Shokouh *, MA Hosseini, F Mohammadi
, shokoohf@uswr.ac.ir
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  Introduction: Considering clinical competencies as an guidance in educational programs lead to promote professional accountability and should be the basis for curriculum development and evaluation. This study was performed to determine faculty members' perception about importance of rehabilitation cares and level of clinical competencies achievement in the current curriculum of rehabilitation courses.

  Method: In this descriptive study, 19 faculty members viewpoints of departments consisting of: speech therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, orthosis and prosthesis department by using a questionnaire containing 29 items in 2 subscale: importance and achievement were collected and analyzed by using Wilkakson, kroskal- valis Tests.

  Results: There was significant difference between total importance and achievement subscale (P<0.01). Based on faculty members' opinion, "rehabilitation care" was the most important and succeed competency in this curriculum. Supporting patients who experience loss and grief was as least important and solving patients' ethical and legal problems in their rehabilitation care was as least succeed competency in this curriculum.

  Conclusion: Although 13 perceived competencies were the most important competencies from the faculty members' opinion but this curriculum acts unsuccessfully in this regard. Based on results, revise the curriculum and try to create learning opportunities can lead to achieve this goal that should be focused.

Keywords: educational programmes, clinical competencies, faculty member, evaluation of program, rehabilitation sciences.
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shokouh F, Hosseini M, Mohammadi F. Faculty Members' Viewpoints Regarding Importance of Clinical Competences in the Effective Rehabilitation Programs. RME 2010; 2 (1) :10-16
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Volume 2, Issue 1 (2010) Back to browse issues page
پژوهش در آموزش علوم پزشکی Research in Medical Education