2019 Volume 34 Issue 1 Pages 47-51
[Purpose] To confirm the effectiveness of novice education. [Participants and Methods] A total of 22 employees, who had participated in a novice education/training program for those in their first to third year in hospital, and consented to cooperate with the study. We compared their scores for the Competence Evaluation Scale in Physical Therapy (CFPT) before and after the program. [Results] There were significant differences in CFPT scores related to “appropriate thoughts” and “PT skills” among employees in their first year, and “appropriate thoughts”, “PT skills”, and “appropriate attitudes” among those in their second year. Employees in their third year in hospital showed scores for all subscales higher than mean values. [Conclusion] The program is designed to enhance novices’ competences, so that they become able to provide basic physical therapy-based intervention for patients on a step-by-step basis. Evaluation using the CEPT revealed marked improvements in PT skills and thoughts needed to provide therapeutic intervention. The effect of the program on employees in their first and second years in hospital was particularly marked, supporting the usefulness of competence training for these novices.
