The aim of this study is to investigate whether the curricula for physiotherapy education in Germany conform to standards recommended in the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) guideline for physical therapist professional entry-level education, published by the WCPT. This Guideline specifies education standards for physical therapists that are able to act as independent practitioners, without referral from another health care professional. To assess the German curricula of physical therapist education, a list of assessment dimensions was derived from the WCPT-Guideline by means of content analysis. The content validity of this list was estimated by nine experts using Lawshe's method. The German Training and Examination Regulations for Physiotherapists (PhysTh-AprV) and all available regional curricula were studied. All documents were evaluated by 2 independent coders who rated the conformity of the documents with the assessment dimensions. Based on the Lawshe procedure, the whole test content validity index of the 61 out of 67 examined assessment dimensions was 0,84. Cohen's kappa coefficient for intercoder reliability was 0,71-0,97. The German curricula showed high correlation with the WCPT Guideline on many theoretical basic subjects. Fulfillment of some of the requirements showed heterogeneous results. Autonomous practitioners largely lacked special competencies. None of the German educational standards meets the expectations of the WCPT Guideline in terms of direct access. Considering the deficits of the German educational standards and the release date of some of them, a continuous development of the German education does not appear to be adequate. This issue needs to be addressed in the current debate on health policy.
Zusammenfassung Fragestellung: Der Direktzugang zur Physiotherapie wird gesundheitspolitisch diskutiert. Ziel dieser Studie ist es zu pr?fen, ob die Physiotherapieausbildung in Deutschland im Rahmen von Bachelorstudieng?ngen den Anforderungen des Direktzugangs gen?gt. Material und Methode: Die Modulb?cher von 15 Studieng?ngen wurden auf ?bereinstimmung mit aus der Ausbildungsleitlinie der World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) extrahierten Einsch?tzungsdimensionen ?berpr?ft. Ergebnisse: Der Erf?llungsgrad war insgesamt hoch. Defizite gab es bei Kenntnissen in Pharmakologie und Bildgebung sowie bei Fertigkeiten in den Bereichen Diagnostik, Patientenmanagement und P?dagogik. Diskussion: Die WCPT-Leitlinie stellt den aktuellsten Standard zur Ausbildung von Direktzugangs-Physiotherapeuten dar. Nationale Vorgaben gibt es nicht. Die ermittelten Defizite erscheinen f?r die zus?tzlichen Aufgaben im Direktzugang unverzichtbar. Schlussfolgerung: Sollte der Direktzugang in Deutschland gewollt sein, m?sste die Hochschulausbildung an die zus?tzlichen Anforderungen angepasst werden.
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