Developing musculoskeletal physiotherapy clinical expertise through practice-based learning: A revised collaborative learning cycle

Abstract

Purpose: There are a wide range of educational approaches used to support the development of expertise in physiotherapy but there is limited understanding in the success these have on improving clinical practice or healthcare outcomes for patients. This research was undertaken to understand how the educational approach of regular workplace observed clinical practice with formal graded feedback was considered to support the development of clinical expertise in one UK physiotherapy organisation who adopted this approach to their practice-based education programme.