Determining differences between novice and expert physiotherapists in the emergency on-call environment: A vignette based study.
| aut.researcher | Reeve, Julie Carolyn | |
| dc.contributor.author | Reeve, JC | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dunford, F, | |
| dc.contributor.author | Larmer, P, | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-08-24T04:04:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-08-24T04:04:40Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2008 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Emergency on-call duties have been highlighted as key stress factors in newly qualified physiotherapists and job performance may be altered as a result. The purpose of this study was to determine what differences exist between novice and expert physiotherapists within the emergency on-call environment. A purpose-designed postal questionnaire was administered to emergency on-call providers in New Zealand. The questionnaire investigated participant’s attitudes towards emergency on-call service provision and presented a vignette-based clinical scenario. A response rate of 78.8 % (n = 56) was achieved. Significant differences between novices and experts were determined in scores for confidence (p = .0001), stress (p = .001) and support required (p = .001). Factors which particularly influenced both novice and expert stress levels when working as emergency oncall physiotherapists emerged as being working in isolation and working with a higher complexity of patients. A relationship was determined between confidence, level of support required and amount of stress felt (p = .001). Differences were demonstrated between novice and expert physiotherapists in their answers to a clinical case scenario particularly in the areas of prioritisation, problem definition and in the interpretation of analysed results. A need for novices to gain the type of experience which has the facility for independent problem solving and guided reflection was determined; the use of vignette based case studies may be one method which could be further exploited to meet these needs. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Platform Presentations from NZSP Biennial Conference, Dunedin, 18-20 April 2008, as published in New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy – July 2008, vol.36(2), pp.85 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0303-7193 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10292/1876 | |
| dc.publisher | New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists | |
| dc.relation.uri | http://www.physiotherapy.org.nz/Folder?Action=View%20File&Folder_id=133&File=36(2)p78-95_AbstrNZSPBC08.pdf | |
| dc.rights | New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy is available free of charge as an Open Access journal on the Internet. | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | OpenAccess | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://gulib.georgetown.edu/newjour/n/msg02787.html | |
| dc.title | Determining differences between novice and expert physiotherapists in the emergency on-call environment: A vignette based study. | |
| dc.type | Conference Contribution | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT/Health & Environmental Science | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT/PBRF Researchers | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT/PBRF Researchers/Health & Environmental Sciences PBRF Researchers | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT/PBRF Researchers/Health & Environmental Sciences PBRF Researchers/HES R & O Physiotherapy |