Abstract
BackgroundIn health professions, the curriculum that must be met in order to obtain the academic certificate is based on the development of the so-called competencies. The broad content of the Practicum of the Degree of Physiotherapy has led to the creation of multiple types of evaluation, which makes it difficult for faculty members to reach a consensus on competencies. The aim of this study was to develop and validate content of a rubric for the evaluation of acquired competencies related to physiotherapeutic performance and intervention in traumatology within the Practicum of the Degree of Physiotherapy.MethodsFollowing the Delphi methodology, a group of experts from all over the Spanish territory participated in the study. Through on-line questionnaires, several sequential rounds were established, alternated by controlled feedback until obtaining a consensus in the opinion of the experts, which allowed elaborating the final rubric.ResultsInitially, 16 experts were contacted, of whom 10 worked and completed the final content of the rubric. For the 3 rounds that were conducted, the initial 142 interventions of the initial proposition, which correspond to specific competencies, were reduced to the final 29 items that compose the specific evaluation rubric presented in this study.ConclusionsThis rubric is an evaluation instrument with valid content for the assessment of specific competencies of Traumatology in the Practicum of the Degree of Physiotherapy.
Highlights
In health professions, the curriculum that must be met in order to obtain the academic certificate is based on the development of the so-called competencies
In this study, we developed and validated the content of a rubric for the evaluation of specific competencies related to physiotherapeutic performance and intervention in the field of traumatology for use by undergraduate Physiotherapy students in the corresponding Practicum
Further research should explore how individual competencies may be grouped or categorised based on the clinical setting or stage of the patient consultation. This should be validated through consensus or observational research to further develop a competency model that is consistent with relevant frameworks for physiotherapists and aid in practical applications. This rubric is expected to contribute to improving the content validity of an instrument that will be used to assess the competencies of undergraduate Physiotherapy students in the field of Traumatology in the Practicum
Summary
The curriculum that must be met in order to obtain the academic certificate is based on the development of the so-called competencies These are defined as the understanding of the content, problem solving, clinical abilities and attitudes; they include the know-how (or procedural knowledge) in the professional context, which requires the student to. Despite the existence of other, widely studied evaluation tools [8, 9], the convenience of having consensual guidelines to score and evaluate the learning of the students has popularised the use of rubrics. These are useful to examiners, instructors and students [10]. In the evaluation of the Practicum of the Degree of Physiotherapy (an eminently practical subject, developed in the different health centres), such lack of consensus is evident in the specific assessment of the competencies in Traumatology [14]
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