Is there an agreement among the items of the Korean physical therapist licensing examination, learning objectives of class subjects, and physical therapists’ job descriptions?
Purpose: To determine the agreement among the items of the Korean physical therapist licensing examination, learning objectives of class subjects, and physical therapists’ job descriptions. Methods: The main tasks of physical therapists were classified, and university courses related to the main tas...
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| author | Min-Hyeok Kang Oh-Yun Kwon Yong-Wook Kim Ji-Won Kim Tae-Ho Kim Tae-Young Oh Jong-Hyuk Weon Tae-Sik Lee Jae-Seop Oh |
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| description | Purpose: To determine the agreement among the items of the Korean physical therapist licensing examination, learning objectives of class subjects, and physical therapists’ job descriptions. Methods: The main tasks of physical therapists were classified, and university courses related to the main tasks were also classified. Frequency analysis was used to determine the proportions of credits for the classified courses out of the total credits of major subjects, exam items related to the classified courses out of the total number of exam items, and universities that offer courses related to the Korean physical therapist licensing examination among the surveyed universities. Results: The proportions of credits for clinical decision making and physical therapy diagnosis-related courses out of the total number credits for major subjects at universities were relatively low (2.06% and 2.58%, respectively). Although the main tasks of physical therapists are related to diagnosis and evaluation, the proportion of physiotherapy intervention-related items (35%) was higher than that of examination and evaluation-related items (25%) on the Korean physical therapist licensing examination. The percentages of universities that offer physical therapy diagnosis and clinical decision making-related courses were 58.62% and 68.97%, respectively. Conclusion: Both the proportion of physiotherapy diagnosis and evaluation-related items on the Korean physical therapist licensing examination, and the number of subjects related to clinical decision making and physical therapy diagnosis in the physical therapy curriculum, should be increased to ensure that the examination items and physical therapy curriculum reflect the practical tasks of physical therapists. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbbd2e82ef3a4ae2a6927959272e10d92024-05-22T07:02:06ZengKorea Health Personnel Licensing Examination InstituteJournal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions1975-59372016-01-011310.3352/jeehp.2016.13.3188Is there an agreement among the items of the Korean physical therapist licensing examination, learning objectives of class subjects, and physical therapists’ job descriptions?Min-Hyeok Kang0Oh-Yun Kwon1Yong-Wook Kim2Ji-Won Kim3Tae-Ho Kim4Tae-Young Oh5Jong-Hyuk Weon6Tae-Sik Lee7Jae-Seop Oh8 Department of Physical Therapy, Inje University Graduate School, Gimhae, Korea Department of Physical Therapy, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea Department of Physical Therapy, Jeonju University, Jeonju, Korea Department of Physical Therapy, Nambu University, Gwangju, Korea Department of Physical Therapy, Daegu University College of Rehabilitation Science, Daegu, Korea Department of Physical Therapy, Silla University Medical Life Science College, Busan, Korea Department of Physical Therapy, Joongbu University, Geumsan, Korea Department of Physical Therapy, Dong-Eui Institute of Technology, Busan, Korea Department of Physical Therapy, Inje University College of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gimhae, KoreaPurpose: To determine the agreement among the items of the Korean physical therapist licensing examination, learning objectives of class subjects, and physical therapists’ job descriptions. Methods: The main tasks of physical therapists were classified, and university courses related to the main tasks were also classified. Frequency analysis was used to determine the proportions of credits for the classified courses out of the total credits of major subjects, exam items related to the classified courses out of the total number of exam items, and universities that offer courses related to the Korean physical therapist licensing examination among the surveyed universities. Results: The proportions of credits for clinical decision making and physical therapy diagnosis-related courses out of the total number credits for major subjects at universities were relatively low (2.06% and 2.58%, respectively). Although the main tasks of physical therapists are related to diagnosis and evaluation, the proportion of physiotherapy intervention-related items (35%) was higher than that of examination and evaluation-related items (25%) on the Korean physical therapist licensing examination. The percentages of universities that offer physical therapy diagnosis and clinical decision making-related courses were 58.62% and 68.97%, respectively. Conclusion: Both the proportion of physiotherapy diagnosis and evaluation-related items on the Korean physical therapist licensing examination, and the number of subjects related to clinical decision making and physical therapy diagnosis in the physical therapy curriculum, should be increased to ensure that the examination items and physical therapy curriculum reflect the practical tasks of physical therapists.http://www.jeehp.org/upload/pdf/jeehp-13-03.pdfjob descriptionkorealicensurelearningphysical therapists |
| spellingShingle | Min-Hyeok Kang Oh-Yun Kwon Yong-Wook Kim Ji-Won Kim Tae-Ho Kim Tae-Young Oh Jong-Hyuk Weon Tae-Sik Lee Jae-Seop Oh Is there an agreement among the items of the Korean physical therapist licensing examination, learning objectives of class subjects, and physical therapists’ job descriptions? Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions job description korea licensure learning physical therapists |
| title | Is there an agreement among the items of the Korean physical therapist licensing examination, learning objectives of class subjects, and physical therapists’ job descriptions? |
| title_full | Is there an agreement among the items of the Korean physical therapist licensing examination, learning objectives of class subjects, and physical therapists’ job descriptions? |
| title_fullStr | Is there an agreement among the items of the Korean physical therapist licensing examination, learning objectives of class subjects, and physical therapists’ job descriptions? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is there an agreement among the items of the Korean physical therapist licensing examination, learning objectives of class subjects, and physical therapists’ job descriptions? |
| title_short | Is there an agreement among the items of the Korean physical therapist licensing examination, learning objectives of class subjects, and physical therapists’ job descriptions? |
| title_sort | is there an agreement among the items of the korean physical therapist licensing examination learning objectives of class subjects and physical therapists job descriptions |
| topic | job description korea licensure learning physical therapists |
| url | http://www.jeehp.org/upload/pdf/jeehp-13-03.pdf |
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