CLINICAL-EVALUATION - PHYSIOTHERAPISTS RANKING OF COMPETENCES

The competencies to be assessed as part of the process of clinical eva luation of students need to be determined. This paper describes a meth od establishing the emphasis or weights assigned to each area of compe tency. Clinicians and clinical educators were asked to rate a number o f dummy student evaluation forms and the individual competencies on ea ch form. Category weights were derived and the magnitude of these weig hts were used to rank the categories. The derived ranks were compared to the rater's overt ranking of the categories. The weightings are com pared to those reported in other studies which examine the value place d on clinical competencies by clinicians.