Abstract
[Purpose] This study examined transformations in the consciousness of students in physical therapy clinical practice. [Subjects] The subjects were 13 students (male 8, female 5, average age 23.6 ± 3.8 years) in physical therapy clinical practice. [Methods] The analysis examined daily notes using qualitative contents analysis and Hayashi's Type 3 quantification from the perspectives of knowledge/emotion/motivation. [Results] The study revealed that students in physical therapy clinical practice acquire a lot of knowledge regarding their profession, that they were under stress, and that they experienced introverted motivation throughout the period of clinical practice. Their consciousness structures consisted of two axes: "Knowledge-Emotion" and "Cool-vitality practice". Furthermore, their consciousness transformation process could be classified into seven patterns: "Emotion-dominance", "Knowledge- dominance", "Specialty-dominance", "Motivation-dominance", "Cool-dominance", "Vitality-dominance", and "Mixture". [Conclusion] This study revealed the consciousness transformation process in students in physical therapy clinical practice.
