Clinical perceptions of radiation therapy undergraduate competency standards


Autoria(s): Carmichael, Mary-Ann; Bridge, Pete
Data(s)

01/11/2014

Resumo

Introduction The multifactorial nature of clinical skills development makes assessment of undergraduate radiation therapist competence level by clinical mentors challenging. A recent overhaul of the clinical assessment strategy at Queensland University of Technology has moved away from the high-stakes Observed Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) to encompass a more continuous measure of competence. This quantitative study aimed to gather stakeholder evidence to inform development of standards by which to measure student competence for a range of levels of progression. Methods A simple anonymous questionnaire was distributed to all Queensland radiation therapists. The tool asked respondents to assign different levels of competency with a range of clinical tasks to different levels of student. All data were anonymous and was combined for analysis using Microsoft Excel. Results Feedback indicated good agreement with tasks that specified amount of direction required and this has been incorporated into the new clinical achievements record that the students need to have signed off. Additional puzzling findings suggested higher expectations with planning tasks than with treatment-based tasks. Conclusion The findings suggest that the amount of direction required by students is a valid indicator of their level and has been adopted into the clinical assessment scheme. Further work will build on this to further define standards of competency for undergraduates.

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application/pdf

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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/78804/

Publicador

John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/78804/1/jmrs_82_Rev.pdf

DOI:10.1002/jmrs.82

Carmichael, Mary-Ann & Bridge, Pete (2014) Clinical perceptions of radiation therapy undergraduate competency standards. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 61(4), pp. 241-245.

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Copyright 2014 The Authors. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences published by Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd on behalf of Australian Institute of Radiography and New Zealand Institute of Medical Radiation Technology.

This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

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School of Clinical Sciences; Faculty of Health

Palavras-Chave #111208 Radiation Therapy #130000 EDUCATION #Assessment #Clinical Education #Radiation Therapy #Stakeholder #Undergraduate #HERN
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Journal Article