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Predictors of self-perceived cultural responsiveness in entry-level physiotherapy students in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

BACKGROUND: Ensuring physiotherapy students are well prepared to work safely and effectively in culturally diverse societies upon graduation is vital. Therefore, determining whether physiotherapy programs are effectively developing the cultural responsiveness of students is essential. This study aim...

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Autores principales: Te, Maxine, Blackstock, Felicity, Fryer, Caroline, Gardner, Peter, Geary, Louise, Kuys, Suzanne, McPherson, Kerstin, Nahon, Irmina, Tang, Clarice, Taylor, Lynne, Van Kessel, Gisela, van der Zwan, Kelly, Chipchase, Lucy
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6375174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30760254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-019-1487-0
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author Te, Maxine
Blackstock, Felicity
Fryer, Caroline
Gardner, Peter
Geary, Louise
Kuys, Suzanne
McPherson, Kerstin
Nahon, Irmina
Tang, Clarice
Taylor, Lynne
Van Kessel, Gisela
van der Zwan, Kelly
Chipchase, Lucy
author_facet Te, Maxine
Blackstock, Felicity
Fryer, Caroline
Gardner, Peter
Geary, Louise
Kuys, Suzanne
McPherson, Kerstin
Nahon, Irmina
Tang, Clarice
Taylor, Lynne
Van Kessel, Gisela
van der Zwan, Kelly
Chipchase, Lucy
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description BACKGROUND: Ensuring physiotherapy students are well prepared to work safely and effectively in culturally diverse societies upon graduation is vital. Therefore, determining whether physiotherapy programs are effectively developing the cultural responsiveness of students is essential. This study aimed to evaluate the level of self-perceived cultural responsiveness of entry level physiotherapy students during their training, and explore the factors that might be associated with these levels. METHODS: A cross sectional study of physiotherapy students from nine universities across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand was conducted using an online self-administered questionnaire containing three parts: The Cultural Competence Assessment tool, Altemeyer’s Dogmatism scale, and the Marlowe-Crowne social desirability scale- short form. Demographic data relating to university, program, and level of study were also collected. Data was analysed using one-way ANOVA, t-tests and multiple regression analysis. RESULTS: A total of 817 (19% response rate) students participated in this study. Overall, students had a moderate level of self-perceived cultural responsiveness (Mean (SD) = 5.15 (0.67)). Fewer number of weeks of clinical placement attended, lower levels of dogmatism, and greater social desirability were related to greater self-perceived cultural responsiveness. Additionally, fourth year undergraduate students perceived themselves to be less culturally responsive than first and second year students (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: These results provide educators with knowledge about the level of self-perceived cultural responsiveness in physiotherapy students, and the factors that may need to be assessed and addressed to support the development of culturally responsive practice.
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spelling pubmed-63751742019-02-26 Predictors of self-perceived cultural responsiveness in entry-level physiotherapy students in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand Te, Maxine Blackstock, Felicity Fryer, Caroline Gardner, Peter Geary, Louise Kuys, Suzanne McPherson, Kerstin Nahon, Irmina Tang, Clarice Taylor, Lynne Van Kessel, Gisela van der Zwan, Kelly Chipchase, Lucy BMC Med Educ Research Article BACKGROUND: Ensuring physiotherapy students are well prepared to work safely and effectively in culturally diverse societies upon graduation is vital. Therefore, determining whether physiotherapy programs are effectively developing the cultural responsiveness of students is essential. This study aimed to evaluate the level of self-perceived cultural responsiveness of entry level physiotherapy students during their training, and explore the factors that might be associated with these levels. METHODS: A cross sectional study of physiotherapy students from nine universities across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand was conducted using an online self-administered questionnaire containing three parts: The Cultural Competence Assessment tool, Altemeyer’s Dogmatism scale, and the Marlowe-Crowne social desirability scale- short form. Demographic data relating to university, program, and level of study were also collected. Data was analysed using one-way ANOVA, t-tests and multiple regression analysis. RESULTS: A total of 817 (19% response rate) students participated in this study. Overall, students had a moderate level of self-perceived cultural responsiveness (Mean (SD) = 5.15 (0.67)). Fewer number of weeks of clinical placement attended, lower levels of dogmatism, and greater social desirability were related to greater self-perceived cultural responsiveness. Additionally, fourth year undergraduate students perceived themselves to be less culturally responsive than first and second year students (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: These results provide educators with knowledge about the level of self-perceived cultural responsiveness in physiotherapy students, and the factors that may need to be assessed and addressed to support the development of culturally responsive practice. BioMed Central 2019-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6375174/ /pubmed/30760254 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-019-1487-0 Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Te, Maxine
Blackstock, Felicity
Fryer, Caroline
Gardner, Peter
Geary, Louise
Kuys, Suzanne
McPherson, Kerstin
Nahon, Irmina
Tang, Clarice
Taylor, Lynne
Van Kessel, Gisela
van der Zwan, Kelly
Chipchase, Lucy
Predictors of self-perceived cultural responsiveness in entry-level physiotherapy students in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
title Predictors of self-perceived cultural responsiveness in entry-level physiotherapy students in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
title_full Predictors of self-perceived cultural responsiveness in entry-level physiotherapy students in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
title_fullStr Predictors of self-perceived cultural responsiveness in entry-level physiotherapy students in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
title_full_unstemmed Predictors of self-perceived cultural responsiveness in entry-level physiotherapy students in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
title_short Predictors of self-perceived cultural responsiveness in entry-level physiotherapy students in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
title_sort predictors of self-perceived cultural responsiveness in entry-level physiotherapy students in australia and aotearoa new zealand
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6375174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30760254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-019-1487-0
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