Abstract
[Background]This narrative review presents an overview of assessment tools that can measure the clinical competencies and skills of physical therapists(PTs), occupational therapists (OTs), and speech-language-hearing therapists(STs)and discusses the related issues.[Methods]The “Ichushi-web ver. 5” and “PubMed” databases were searched for studies on tools that examined the clinical competencies and skills of PTs, OTs, and STs in Japan. After two rounds of selection, articles that focused on the development and use of assessment tools and their measurement characteristics were selected for analysis. We divided the studies according to the subject of analysis and examined the development process, clinical competencies and skills being measured, and post-development use of each assessment tool.[Result]We found 2024 studies; of them, 12 were selected and analyzed, and 7 developed assessment tools were identified.[Conclusion]In Japan, there are very few studies on the development and evaluation of assessment tools. Further studies on the development of assessment tools that can examine the clinical competencies and skills of PTs, OTs, and STs are needed.
