Charles Sturt University Ringgold Standard Institution-School of Community Health, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
The University of Queensland-Saint Lucia Campus Ringgold Standard Institution - School of Social Science, Saint Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
Phys Ther. 2021 Jun 1;101(6). doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzab078.
The purpose of this study is to explore academic faculty, employer, and recent graduate perspectives of the work readiness of Australian new graduate physical therapists for private practice and factors that influence new graduate preparation and transition to private practice.
This study used a mixed-methods design with 3 surveys and 12 focus groups. A total of 112 participants completed a survey, and 52 participated in focus groups. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the quantitative data, and thematic analysis was used to analyze the qualitative data. Triangulation across participant groups and data sources was undertaken.
Australian new graduate physical therapists were perceived to be "somewhat ready" for private practice and "ready" by their third year of employment. Participants proposed that new graduates bring enthusiasm, readiness to learn, and contemporary, research-informed knowledge. New graduates were also perceived to find autonomous clinical reasoning and timely caseload management difficult; to have limited business, marketing, and administration knowledge and skills; and to present with underdeveloped confidence, communication, and interpersonal skills. Factors perceived to influence graduate transition included private practice experience, such as clinical placements and employment; employer and client expectations of graduate capabilities; workplace support; university academic preparation and continuing education; and individual graduate attributes and skills.
Australian new graduate physical therapists have strengths and limitations in relation to clinical, business, and employability knowledge and skills. New graduate work readiness and transition may be enhanced by additional private practice experience, employer and client expectation management, provision of workplace support, and tailored university and continuing education.
The number of new graduate physical therapists employed in private practice in Australia is increasing; however, until this study, their work readiness for this setting was unknown. This exploration of new graduate performance in private practice and transition can help to increase understanding and enhancement of work-readiness.
本研究旨在探讨澳大利亚新毕业物理治疗师对私人执业的工作准备情况，以及影响新毕业准备和过渡到私人执业的因素，对象包括学术人员、雇主和最近的毕业生。
本研究采用混合方法设计，包括 3 份调查和 12 个焦点小组。共有 112 名参与者完成了调查，52 名参与者参加了焦点小组。采用描述性统计方法总结定量数据，采用主题分析方法分析定性数据。对参与者群体和数据来源进行了三角测量。
澳大利亚新毕业的物理治疗师被认为在私人执业方面“有些准备”，并且在就业的第三年“准备就绪”。参与者提出，新毕业生带来了热情、学习的意愿和现代的、基于研究的知识。新毕业生还被认为在自主临床推理和及时处理病例方面存在困难，在商业、市场营销和管理知识和技能方面有限，表现出缺乏信心、沟通和人际交往能力。被认为影响毕业生过渡的因素包括私人执业经验，如临床实习和就业；雇主和客户对毕业生能力的期望；工作场所的支持；大学学术准备和继续教育；以及个人毕业生的属性和技能。
澳大利亚新毕业的物理治疗师在临床、商业和就业知识和技能方面有优势和局限性。通过增加私人执业经验、雇主和客户期望管理、提供工作场所支持以及量身定制的大学和继续教育，可以提高新毕业生的工作准备和过渡能力。
在澳大利亚，从事私人执业的新毕业物理治疗师人数正在增加；然而，在此项研究之前，他们在这一领域的工作准备情况尚不清楚。对新毕业生在私人执业中的表现和过渡的探索可以帮助增加对工作准备的理解和提高。
