Covington Kyle, McCallum Christine, Engelhard Chalee, Landry Michel D, Cook Chad
Duke DPT Division, Dep. of Orthopedics, Duke University, DUMC 104002, Durham, NC 27708, USA. Tel 919-684-9598.
J Allied Health. 2016 Spring;45(1):27-32.
The rising cost of health professions education is well documented and a growing concern among educators; however, little is known about the implications of resource investment on student success. The objective of this study was to determine whether programs with higher National Physical Therapist Exam (NPTE) pass rates invested significantly more on programmatic resources.
This observational study used data from the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education's (CAPTE) Annual Accreditation Report including all accredited physical therapist programs from the United States who graduated physical therapist students in 2011. Resource expenditures were recorded as both raw and as an index variable (resources per student). Descriptive statistics and comparisons (using chi-square and t-tests) among programs with <100% and 100% pass rates were analyzed from 2009-2011. An ANCOVA was used to determine differences in raw resource expenditures and resource expenditures per student.
There were no differences in raw resource expenditures between programs with <100% and 100% pass rates. Programs with 100% pass rates were provided more resource expenditures per student for personnel, overall budget, and core faculty.
The results of this study suggest programs with 100% pass rates invested significantly more per student for selected resources.
卫生专业教育成本不断上升，这一点有充分记录，且日益引起教育工作者的关注；然而，对于资源投入对学生学业成功的影响却知之甚少。本研究的目的是确定国家物理治疗师考试（NPTE）通过率较高的项目在项目资源上的投入是否显著更多。
这项观察性研究使用了物理治疗教育认证委员会（CAPTE）年度认证报告中的数据，包括2011年毕业于物理治疗专业学生的美国所有获得认证的物理治疗项目。资源支出记录为原始数据和指数变量（人均资源）。对2009 - 2011年通过率低于100%和100%的项目进行描述性统计和比较（使用卡方检验和t检验）。使用协方差分析来确定原始资源支出和人均资源支出的差异。
通过率低于100%和100%的项目在原始资源支出方面没有差异。通过率为100%的项目在人员、总体预算和核心教师方面的人均资源支出更多。
本研究结果表明，通过率为100%的项目在选定资源上的人均投入显著更多。
