2019 Volume 34 Issue 2 Pages 233-238
[Purpose] Referring to the Clinical Competence Evaluation Scale in Physical Therapy, this study prepared a questionnaire survey to measure physical therapists’ consciousness when teaching clinical interns. [Participants and Methods] In total, 110 physical therapists working in hospitals or facilities within the Kanto area participated in this study. Using the online questionnaire survey, 44 answers to the following were obtained: (1) the respondent’s degree of consciousness when practicing (consciousness during practice); and (2) the respondent’s degree of consciousness when teaching (consciousness during guidance). [Results] The total score differed significantly between consciousness during practice and consciousness during guidance. There were also differences in category scores other than those of the categories of self-education and self-management. [Conclusion] The results of this study suggest that physical therapists’ consciousness is the same during practice and during guidance in attitude; however, their consciousness during guidance was lower than their consciousness during practice of a technique.
