TY - JOUR
T1 - The assessment of clinical competence of physiotherapists during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
AU - Tognon, Kathryn
AU - Grudzinskas, Kathryn
AU - Chipchase, Lucy
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created significant disruptions to life and work for most industries, including healthcare. While the physiotherapy profession has moved to using telehealth for the assessment and treatment of many patients during the pandemic, there is understandable hesitation about using online media for assessing the competence of physiotherapists who wish to be registered to practise. This editorial seeks to: explore various existing models of remotely assessing clinical competence; consider their suitability with respect to the assessment of overseas-qualified physiotherapists to ensure that this can continue in times of disruption, as experienced during the pandemic; and pose questions about whether this should become the ‘new normal’...
AB - The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created significant disruptions to life and work for most industries, including healthcare. While the physiotherapy profession has moved to using telehealth for the assessment and treatment of many patients during the pandemic, there is understandable hesitation about using online media for assessing the competence of physiotherapists who wish to be registered to practise. This editorial seeks to: explore various existing models of remotely assessing clinical competence; consider their suitability with respect to the assessment of overseas-qualified physiotherapists to ensure that this can continue in times of disruption, as experienced during the pandemic; and pose questions about whether this should become the ‘new normal’...
KW - Covid-19
KW - Physiotherapy
KW - service delivery
KW - clinical practice
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85102424916&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jphys.2021.02.011
DO - 10.1016/j.jphys.2021.02.011
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85102424916
VL - 67
SP - 79
EP - 81
JO - Journal of Physiotherapy
JF - Journal of Physiotherapy
SN - 1836-9553
IS - 2
ER -