Evaluation of levels of satisfaction and self-achievement in clinical examination skills pre- and post-training

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate clinical test skills and satisfaction of training in pre- and post-training. Sixty-five physical therapy students in their second grade who agreed to participate in this study were divided in into three groups according to learning method before training: a combination learning with senior students group, a knowledge acquisition group, and a skill exercise group. Subjects were evaluated using a questionnaire consisting of 7 items related to the clinical test skills and one item related to satisfaction of the training by a subjective rating scale. In the combination learning group, the clinical test skills and satisfaction of training significantly increased after training. In the knowledge acquisition group, the clinical test skills significantly increased after training. In the skill exercise group, were the clinical test skills tended to decrease after training. This study suggests that although there were different result due to learning method before training, the previous training in school was useful for recognizing the necessity of learning more skills.