Janaudis-Ferreira Tania, Araujo Tamara, Romano Julia Marie, Camp Pat G, Hall Mark, Mathur Sunita, Brooks Dina
Respiratory Medicine Department, West Park Healthcare Centre; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal.
Respiratory Medicine Department, West Park Healthcare Centre.
Physiother Can. 2016;68(3):282-289. doi: 10.3138/ptc.2015-39E.
To investigate the opinions of final-year Canadian physiotherapy students of cardiorespiratory physiotherapy (CRP) and the factors influencing their decision about whether to pursue a career in CRP. A cross-sectional online survey was completed by final-year Master of Science of Physical Therapy students from three of the largest English-speaking physiotherapy schools in Canada. A total of 120 students responded to the survey (overall response rate was 44%). Fifteen students (12.5%) responded that they were extremely or quite interested in specializing in CRP. The most common factors that positively influenced students' decision to consider specializing in CRP were job accessibility, potential salary, and experiences in the area, and the most common factors that negatively influenced their decision were the clinical aspects of the area, their experiences in the area, job accessibility, and the influence of others. The most common factors that positively influenced students' opinion of CRP were their clinical supervisor, educator, or lecturer; their own clinical experience; and evidence in the literature, and the most common factors that negatively influenced their opinion were their own clinical experience and their peers. Strategies focusing on increasing awareness of the role of physiotherapists in the care of patients with cardiorespiratory conditions, exposing students to the positive impact that physiotherapists have in this practice area, and good mentorship experiences may promote the attractiveness of this specialty.
调查加拿大理疗专业最后一年学生对心肺理疗（CRP）的看法以及影响他们决定是否从事CRP职业的因素。来自加拿大三所最大的英语理疗学校的物理治疗理学硕士最后一年学生完成了一项横断面在线调查。共有120名学生回复了调查（总体回复率为44%）。15名学生（12.5%）表示他们对专门从事CRP极其或相当感兴趣。对学生考虑专门从事CRP的决定产生积极影响的最常见因素是工作可及性、潜在薪资和该领域的经验，而对其决定产生消极影响的最常见因素是该领域的临床方面、他们在该领域的经验、工作可及性以及他人的影响。对学生对CRP的看法产生积极影响的最常见因素是他们的临床督导、教育工作者或讲师；他们自己的临床经验；以及文献中的证据，而对其看法产生消极影响的最常见因素是他们自己的临床经验和同龄人。专注于提高对理疗师在心肺疾病患者护理中作用的认识、让学生接触理疗师在该实践领域的积极影响以及良好的指导经验的策略可能会提升这个专业的吸引力。
