Open AccessAssimilation of the Pediatric Essential Core Competencies by Professional Physical Therapist Education Programs
Author(s) -
Priscilla Weaver,
Tricia Catalino,
Elise L. Townsend,
Kathy Martin,
Robin L. Dole
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pediatric physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1538-005X
pISSN - 0898-5669
DOI - 10.1097/pep.0000000000000715
Subject(s) - curriculum , medical education , core competency , descriptive statistics , medicine , core curriculum , psychology , pedagogy , statistics , mathematics , marketing , business
This study examined the degree to which pediatric essential core competencies (ECCs) are meeting their intended purpose to provide guidance to pediatric educators in professional physical therapy (PT) education programs and to determine facilitators, barriers, and recommendations to implementation of ECCs in curricula.