@misc{10481/70854,
year = {2021},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/70854},
abstract = {The assessment of the acquisition of professional skills is an essential process in occupational therapy students. Until now, there has been no standardized and validated instrument for
evaluating these skills in Spanish occupational therapy students. This study reports the development
and testing of the psychometric properties of the professional skills in students of occupational
therapy during their practical training. Methods: A new instrument was developed to assess the
professional skills of occupational therapy students, called CPTO. A total of 69 occupational therapists participated in evaluating 295 occupational therapy students from the University of Granada,
between the 2018 and 2021 academic years. Results: Of a total of 79 items, the factor analysis yielded a
final solution of 33 items, which explains 70.22% of the variance with the following three dimensions:
(1) self-appraisal and professional responsibility (α = 0.951); (2) communication skills and delivering intervention (α = 0.944); and (3) clinical reasoning for assessing and planning the intervention
(α = 0.947). The instrument allows students with low, medium, high and excellent clinical skills
to be differentiated according to the cutting points established by the quartiles. Conclusion: the
instrument has good psychometric properties, and is a useful tool to assess professional competencies
in occupational therapy students during their practice placement education.},
organization = {Unidad de Calidad Docente from University of Granada},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Clinical reasoning},
keywords = {Fieldwork},
keywords = {Placement education},
keywords = {Occupational therapy},
keywords = {Communication Skills of Trainers},
keywords = {Assessment},
keywords = {Education},
title = {A New Tool for Assessment of Professional Skills of Occupational Therapy Students},
doi = {10.3390/healthcare9101243},
author = {Romero Ayuso, Dulce Nombre de Mari and Ortiz Rubio, Araceli and Moreno Ramírez and Martín Martín, Lydia María and Triviño Juárez, José Matías and Serrano Guzmán, María and Cano Detell, Enrique and Novoa Casasola, Erika and Gea Mejías, Miguel and Ariza Vega, María Patrocinio},
}