Yigal Attali
Effort in Low-Stakes Assessments: What Does It Take to Perform as Well as in a High-Stakes Setting?
Educational and psychological measurement
introduction little research exists investigating personal professional outcomes postprofessional physical therapy pt training therefore purpose current descriptive webbased survey study determine selfreported outcomes postprofessional pt fellowship program including graduate professional educational research involvement perceptions impact training clinical professional attributes changes employment income barriers training methods graduates parttime hybridmodel multisite orthopedic manual pt fellowship program invited complete webbased survey descriptive data analyses performed quantitative data responses questions analyzed categorized themes results 77 fellowship graduates 75 97 completed survey graduates involved teaching 43 3275 filled lead instructor roles pt education programs 75 5775 involved research mean sd median range increase annual gross income 9560 17545 2500 0125000 respectively perceived areas largest impact training included clinical reasoning patientcentered evidencebased practice professionalism life balance family commitments frequent barriers training discussion graduates noted substantial perceived professional clinical financial benefits fellowship training limitations included lack control group surveying participants single program future research determine influence program participantrelated factors personal professional lives graduates clinical outcomes level evidence descriptive survey level 3