Lisa Marie Kühl, Nina Luisa Zerban, Elena Tiedemann, Sarah König
Development of a strategy for the expansion of online teaching at the University of Würzburg based on the experiences of lecturers and students in the pandemic years 2020/21
GMS journal for medical education
highstakes assessments often used gatekeeper activity entry health professions ensuring minimum core competency thresholds profession met aim study explore common areas underperformance existed international candidates assessed highstakes clinicalbased simulation assessment entry physiotherapy profession australia retrospective mixed methods analysis clinical assessments completed international candidates onemonth period 2021 deemed meeting competency clinical assessments completed one three practice areas cardiorespiratory musculoskeletal neurological rehabilitation assessment scored two independent assessors discussed performance completed moderated assessment form assessment form used score competency included seven domains initial assessment effective treatment communication skills risk management fiftyone clinical assessments graded competent analysed across practice areas high failure rate found domains related interpreting assessment findings developing treatment plan trend also observed qualitative data suggesting candidates struggled meet competency areas planning prioritisation interpretation implementation information gathered selection evaluation effective treatment findings align published data underperformance australian physiotherapy students clinical placement settings suggesting issues specific high stakes assessment overseas physiotherapists education needs focus improving skills within profession levels identified areas underperformance aligning ability use higher order thinking skills integral clinical reasoning improvements education implementation clinical reasoning may place start