Competency and professional activities of pediatric rehabilitation therapists in three provinces/cities of East China
10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2024.07.003
- VernacularTitle:华东三省市儿童康复治疗师胜任力及专业活动研究
- Author:
Lanqing CHEN
1
,
2
;
Jun LÜ
;
Xiaoqian WANG
;
Hongying ZHENG
;
Ping SHAO
;
Anni WANG
;
Mei SUN
;
Gang CHEN
Author Information
1. 复旦大学公共卫生学院,上海市 200032
2. 复旦大学中国残疾问题研究中心,上海市 200032
- Keywords:
pediatric rehabilitation therapist;
rehabilitation competency framework;
latent class analysis;
competency;
professional activities
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2024;30(7):760-767
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the current situation of competency and professional activities of pediatric rehabilitation thera-pists in Jiangsu,Shanghai and Zhejiang. Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted on 168 pediatric rehabilitation therapists in Jiangsu,Shanghai and Zheji-ang,from December,2022 to February,2023,and the general information and the competency were obtained.A total of 35 pediatric rehabilitation therapists were interviewed one-on-one,from October,2022 to January,2023,using thematic framework. Results A total of 162 effective questionnaires were collected.The level of competency of pediatric rehabilitation thera-pists was(3.44±0.87);and it was higher in professional literacy(3.90±0.77)and practice(3.83±0.77),and lower in management and leadership(2.92±1.44),and research(2.14±1.64).Latent class analysis showed that the thera-pists could be divided into four categories,of which the"medium competency"accounted for the most proportion(34.57%),and"low learning and research"was the least(8.64%).The interviews identified problems of compe-tency such as maintaining communication with children's families and managing self-professional development. Conclusion Self-reported rehabilitation competency levels of pediatric rehabilitation therapists in three provinces and cit-ies are above three points in all four dimensions,except for the management and leadership dimension,where the score is below three points.
