标题：Is there an agreement among the items of the Korean physical therapist licensing examination,learning objectives of class subjects,and physical therapists’ job descriptions?
期刊名称：Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
电子版ISSN：1975-5937
出版年度：2016
卷号：13
期号：1
页码：1-5
DOI：10.3352/jeehp.2016.13.3
语种：English
出版社：Korea Health Insurance Licensing Examination Institute
摘要：Purpose:To determine the agreement among the items of the Korean physical therapist licensing examination,learning objectives of class subjects,and physical therapists’ job descriptions.Methods:The main tasks of physical therapists were classified,and university courses related to the main tasks were also classified.Frequency analysis was used to determine the proportions of credits for the classified courses out of the total credits of major subjects,exam items related to the classified courses out of the total number of exam items,and universities that offer courses related to the Korean physical therapist licensing examination among the surveyed universities.Results:The proportions of credits for clinical decision making and physical therapy diagnosis-related courses out of the total number credits for major subjects at universities were relatively low (2.06% and 2.58%,respectively).Although the main tasks of physical therapists are related to diagno_x0002_sis and evaluation,the proportion of physiotherapy intervention-related items (35%) was higher than that of examina?tion and evaluation-related items (25%) on the Korean physical therapist licensing examination.The percentages of universities that offer physical therapy diagnosis and clinical decision making-related courses were 58.62% and 68.97%,respectively.Conclusion:Both the proportion of physiotherapy diagnosis and evaluation-related items on the Korean physi?cal therapist licensing examination,and the number of subjects related to clinical decision making and physical therapy diagnosis in the physical therapy curriculum,should be increased to ensure that the examination items and physical ther?apy curriculum reflect the practical tasks of physical therapists.
关键词：Purpose:To determine the agreement among the items of the Korean physical therapist licensing examination,learning objectives of class subjects,and physical therapists’ job descriptions.Methods:The main tasks of physical therapists were classified,and university courses related to the main tasks were also classified.Frequency analysis was used to determine the proportions of credits for the classified courses out of the total credits of major subjects,exam items related to the classified courses out of the total number of exam items,and universities that offer courses related to the Korean physical therapist licensing examination among the surveyed universities.Results:The proportions of credits for clinical decision making and physical therapy diagnosis-related courses out of the total number credits for major subjects at universities were relatively low (2.06% and 2.58%,respectively).Although the main tasks of physical therapists are related to diagno_x0002_sis and evaluation,the proportion of physiotherapy intervention-related items (35%) was higher than that of examina?tion and evaluation-related items (25%) on the Korean physical therapist licensing examination.The percentages of universities that offer physical therapy diagnosis and clinical decision making-related courses were 58.62% and 68.97%,respectively.Conclusion:Both the proportion of physiotherapy diagnosis and evaluation-related items on the Korean physi?cal therapist licensing examination,and the number of subjects related to clinical decision making and physical therapy diagnosis in the physical therapy curriculum,should be increased to ensure that the examination items and physical ther?apy curriculum reflect the practical tasks of physical therapists.
