Musculoskeletal physiotherapy Musculoskeletal Diseases
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention is a 150-hour clinical mentorship programme, aimed at facilitating clinical reasoning. This will be delivered to participating physiotherapists by mentors who have qualified at Master
Sponsors
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Physiotherapists - all qualified physiotherapy staff from the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board whose majority of time (i.e. greater than 50% of a whole time equivalent) is practised inside the musculoskeletal outpatient context. 2. Patients - consecutive consenting patients attending the outpatient musculoskeletal physiotherapy service at the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board for treatment by the participating physiotherapists during data collection periods towards the end of each step .
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Physiotherapists - members of staff who have already undertaken postgraduate placements as part of Master?s education and so would have received similar mentoring, and rotational staff due to the fact that they will not be present in the department for long enough for both interventions and long-term follow-up. 2. Patients under 18 years of age 3. Patients who are not English-literate due to the validity of the Outcome Measures being established only for the English language and for adults.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Function, measured by The Patient Specific Functional Scale (PSFS) at first assessment, discharge and at 12 months. The PSFS is a numerical rating scale from 0 (unable to perform activity) to 10 (able to perform activity at the same level as before injury or problem). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Health-related quality of life, measured by the EQ-5D-5L 2. Patient satisfaction, measured by the MedRisk instrument 3. Patient activation, measured by the Patient Activation measure | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed