The effect of work-based mentoring on patient outcome in musculoskeletal physiotherapy: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Williams, Aled L ^a   Phillips, Ceri J ^b   Watkins, Alan ^b   Rushton, Alison B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical reasoning; Cost effectiveness; Education; Expertise; Mentoring; Musculoskeletal; Patient outcomes; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EQ 5D 5L; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ACTIVATION MEASURE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SPECIFIC FUNCTIONAL SCALE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WORK BASED MENTORING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE COST; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MENTORS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY; RESEARCH DESIGN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALES;

EID: 84934764784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-409     Document Type: Article

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