PRACTICAL SKILLS OF MEDICAL REHABILITATION AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY STUDENTS ASSESSED BY THEIR MENTOR’S STANDARDS

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to assess the professional skills of the Medical Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy students at the Practical skills training care facilities of the Faculty of Medicine, Trakia University. The study involved 10 mentors and 53 medical specialists from the Practical skills training care facilities for the period 2017-2018. The majority of mentors and specialists included in the study assigned a very good (30%) and good (52.3%) grade of the trainees as regards the mastery of kinesiotherapy forms and methods and their application when treating real patients. Over 80% of the students were found to have a good command of specialized kinesiotherapy techniques and methods and of natural and preformed physical factors and were observed to actively participate in the training of patients in ADLs (Activities of day living)

Keywords

• professional competences
• practical clinical skills training
• practical skills training care facilities
• mentor