Abstract
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, clinical training at this hospital became “observation only” from July 2022. To
enhance the learning effect under these circumstances, we created a patient evaluation sheet that could be
used during clinical visits to achieve an “understanding of the physical therapy process.” The evaluation sheet
was an A4 sheet with entries for disease name, goals (short- and long-term), problems, current abilities, and
therapeutic interventions, and was used by one student during long-term clinical training. The introduction of
the evaluation sheet improved the student’s understanding of the physical therapy process, and the instructor
rated the sheet as helpful in understanding the physical therapy process. Moreover, because the evaluation
sheet took under one hour to complete, students were able to experience the physical therapy process for a
greater number of cases than with case report writing. The evaluation sheet was useful as a communication
tool between students and instructors because it standardized the perspective of observation and visualized
students’ levels of understanding, suggesting that it may be useful in helping students understand the physical
therapy process.
