Woodbury M G, Peat M
Physiother Can. 1980 Jan-Feb;32(1):11-6.
Physical therapy educators require specific information about the number of graduates who remain in the profession and about their opinions related to undergraduate training and their postgraduate requirements. A mail questionnaire survey of physical therapists who graduated from an Ontario university's physical therapy program between 1969 and 1978 was conducted to determine: occupational patterns, satisfaction with undergraduate preparation for employment, interest in graduate studies and, if the graduate was unemployed at that time, the need for re-entry preparation for employment. With one follow-up mailing to non-respondents, a response rate of 93.4 per cent was obtained. Of the 141 respondents, 110 were working full-time and 15 were working part-time in physical therapy. Eighty-eight per cent of employed physical therapy graduates agreed that their education had prepared them sufficiently for employment. Fifty-three per cent of the graduates indicated that they would like to pursue an area of clinical specialization through graduate study. It is concluded that the graduates of the program under study believe that they have been well prepared for employment; not only do they maintain a clinical interest in the profession, but they aspire to personal and professional advancement through graduate studies.
物理治疗教育工作者需要了解有关仍从事该职业的毕业生人数的具体信息，以及他们对本科培训及其研究生阶段要求的看法。对1969年至1978年间从安大略省一所大学的物理治疗专业毕业的物理治疗师进行了一次邮寄问卷调查，以确定：职业模式、对本科就业准备的满意度、对研究生学习的兴趣，以及如果当时毕业生失业，对重新就业准备的需求。在对未回复者进行一次跟进邮寄后，获得了93.4%的回复率。在141名受访者中，110人全职从事物理治疗工作，15人兼职从事物理治疗工作。88%的在职物理治疗专业毕业生认为他们所接受的教育使他们为就业做好了充分准备。53%的毕业生表示他们希望通过研究生学习来追求一个临床专业化领域。研究得出的结论是，所研究项目的毕业生认为他们已为就业做好了充分准备；他们不仅对该职业保持着临床兴趣，而且渴望通过研究生学习实现个人和职业的发展。
