Competency-Based Education and Practice in Physical Therapy: It's Time to Act!

Autor:	Timmerberg JF; Programs in Physical Therapy, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA., Chesbro SB; American Physical Therapy Association, Alexandria, Virginia, USA., Jensen GM; School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA., Dole RL; College of Health and Human Services, Institute for Physical Therapy Education, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA., Jette DU; MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Physical therapy [Phys Ther] 2022 May 05; Vol. 102 (5).
DOI:	10.1093/ptj/pzac018
Abstrakt:	Competency-based education (CBE) is a concept, a philosophy, and an approach to educational design where learner progression occurs when competency is demonstrated. It assumes a set of standard defined performance outcomes for any level of professional practice-students, residents, or practicing physical therapists. Those outcomes are based on the health needs of society and guide the curricular design, implementation, and evaluation of health professions education programs. Lack of a CBE framework-with no required demonstration of competence throughout one's career-has the potential to lead to variation in physical therapists' skills and to unwarranted variation in practice, potentially hindering delivery of the highest quality of patient care. CBE requires a framework that includes a commonly understood language; standardized, defined performance outcomes at various stages of learner development; and a process to assess whether competence has been demonstrated. The purpose of this perspective article is to (1) highlight the need for a shared language, (2) provide an overview of CBE and the impetus for the change, (3) propose a shift toward CBE in physical therapy, and (4) discuss the need for the profession to adopt a mindset requiring purposeful practice across one's career to safely and most efficiently practice in a given area. Utilizing a CBE philosophy throughout one's career should ensure high-quality and safe patient care to all-patient care that can adapt to the changing scope of physical therapist practice as well as the health care needs of society. The physical therapy profession is at a point at which we must step up the transition to a competency-based system of physical therapist education. (© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Physical Therapy Association. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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