Relationships between Clinical Supervisors’ Experience of Participating in Seminars on Clinical Training and Degrees of Self-confidence in Student Guidance and Evaluation

Abstract

[Purpose] To clarify the relationship between clinical supervisors' experience of participating in seminars on clinical training and degrees of self-confidence in student guidance and evaluation. [Subjects and Methods] A questionnaire survey was conducted, involving a total of 86 physical/occupational therapists who attended a clinical supervisor meeting to examine their experience of participating in seminars on clinical training and degrees of self-confidence in student guidance and evaluation related to the cognitive, psychomotor, and emotional areas.[Results] Therapists with experience of participating in 1) clinical clerkship seminars and 2) seminars for certified or specialized physical/occupational therapists showed significantly higher degrees of self-confidence in student guidance and evaluation related to the 1) cognitive/psychomotor and 2) emotional areas, respectively, than those without such an experience.[Conclusion] There may be an association between the experience of participating in seminars on clinical training and degree of self-confidence in student guidance and evaluation.