Physiotherapy students’ rating on lecturers’ and supervisors’ clinical education attributes

Abstract

Background: Clinical education is considered a vital aspect of education of health science students. Attributes of clinical educators play a crucial role in determining the outcome of clinical teaching and learning. A good clinical educator ensures that students get maximum benefits of the clinical learning experience. Objective: To determine the ratings of physiotherapy students on clinical education attributes of lecturers and clinical supervisors. Methods: The study was conducted with 81 clinical physiotherapy students from two universities in Ghana. Two copies of McGill clinical teachers’ evaluation (CTE) tool were used to obtain students’ ratings on their clinical supervisors’ and lecturers’ clinical education attributes. Independent t-test was used to compare the means of students’ level of study and ratings regarding the clinical education attributes of clinical supervisors and lecturers. Results: Students had a high rating on their clinical education attributes of supervisors and lecturers with a mean score of ([Formula: see text]) and ([Formula: see text]), respectively. Rating on clinical education attributes of supervisors ([Formula: see text]) and lecturers ([Formula: see text]) did not differ significantly between the different levels of study. Conclusion: Clinical physiotherapy students rated the clinical education attributes of their lecturers and supervisors high.

Keywords

• Clinical education
• clinical educators
• clinical educators’ attributes
• clinical supervisors
• lecturers