A descriptive study on the presence and consistency of interns' clinical training program regarding educational opportunities on city-based affiliation centers of De La Salle University-Health Sciences Campus from April to September 1998

Date of Completion

1999

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy

Keywords

Internship and Residency, Rehabilitation Centers

Abstract

Since clinical training signifies the starting point of learning the skills needed in the craftsmanship for physical rehabilitation, affiliation centers provide their interns a chance to improve their clinical decision making through practical and theoretical enhancement. With these, the authors made this research to determine the presence and consistency of the interns' clinical training program regarding educational opportunities on 10 city-based affiliation centers of De La Salle University Health Sciences Campus from April to September 1998. In this study, 20 educational opportunities' presence or absence in a given city-based affiliation center were determined. Such educational opportunities were Case Reporting, Medical Lectures, Surgical Observations, Staff Conferences/Meeting, General Acute Care, Home Health Care, Review of X-ray, Patient Case Conference, Journal Reporting, OT & Speech Therapy Observations, Ward Rounds, PT in-patient service, PT Out-patient service, Sports Medicine Rehabilitation, Neurologic Rehabilitation, Geriatric Rehabilitation, Pre and Post Evaluation, Family Conferences, Administrative Activities. Determination for consistency were as follows: a. If at least 5 out of the 7 respondents of the center said that the given educational opportunity is present (as represented by +), it is said to be consistent. b. If only 1 to 4 of the 7 respondents said that the given educational opportunity is present, it is considered inconsistent. c. If all of the 7 respondents said that the given educational opportunity is absent (as represented by -), it is considered absent. Based on the results, of the 10 city-based affiliation centers, the top 3 centers consistently providing its interns of the educational opportunities needed for better professional preparation are East Avenue Medical Center, Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center and Medical Center Muntinlupa and the bottom of 3 of these 10 centers, which the authors feel of the need for a re-evaluation are John F. Cotton Medical Center, Manila Central University and UP-College of Human Kinetics, we also encourage them to adopt ways that would promote better delivery of information and ensure the consistency of the educational opportunities that they provide in the enhancement of the interns clinical skills; and for DLSU to do a re-evaluation of these centers and the necessary action of talking to the Clinical Supervisors of the said centers on how the problems could be solved.

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