TY - JOUR
T1 - Physiotherapy students' exposure to confronting clinical situations a qualitative review
AU - Lo, Kristin
AU - Storr, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Assoc. of Schools Advancing Health Professions, Wash., DC.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - OBJECTIVES: To ascertain an understanding of the confronting situations that physiotherapy students encounter in clinical practice. METHODS: Eighty-two final-year physiotherapy students attended an interactive workshop on confronting situations, and 46 of these students completed a follow-up survey. There were no selection criteria. Students wrote about these confronting situations, and the responses were used to formulate an online survey which was emailed to participants. RESULTS: Students wrote about the types of confronting situations that they had experienced. Survey results revealed that the most commonly seen confronting situations were clients in pain, clients with a condition that impacted significantly on their life and the life of their family and clients with degenerative diseases. Students primarily sought support from colleagues, clinical educators, and family/friends. Peers and clinical educators may be ill-equipped to manage these confronting situations. CONCLUSION: Students are exposed to confronting situations in the clinical environment and feel they need more preparation in dealing with these distressing cases. While education regarding appropriate resources can be put in place, there is further work to do in preparing students for the confronting nature of working as a health professional.
AB - OBJECTIVES: To ascertain an understanding of the confronting situations that physiotherapy students encounter in clinical practice. METHODS: Eighty-two final-year physiotherapy students attended an interactive workshop on confronting situations, and 46 of these students completed a follow-up survey. There were no selection criteria. Students wrote about these confronting situations, and the responses were used to formulate an online survey which was emailed to participants. RESULTS: Students wrote about the types of confronting situations that they had experienced. Survey results revealed that the most commonly seen confronting situations were clients in pain, clients with a condition that impacted significantly on their life and the life of their family and clients with degenerative diseases. Students primarily sought support from colleagues, clinical educators, and family/friends. Peers and clinical educators may be ill-equipped to manage these confronting situations. CONCLUSION: Students are exposed to confronting situations in the clinical environment and feel they need more preparation in dealing with these distressing cases. While education regarding appropriate resources can be put in place, there is further work to do in preparing students for the confronting nature of working as a health professional.
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M3 - Review Article
C2 - 33259577
AN - SCOPUS:85097034036
SN - 0090-7421
VL - 49
SP - 153E-160E
JO - Journal of Allied Health
JF - Journal of Allied Health
IS - 4
ER -