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The Competencies of Radiologic Technology Interns: Basis for a Proposed Clinical Instruction Evaluation Tool

Leonila P. Felizarte

Discipline: Education, Research

 

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to determine the ratings of preceptors towards student clinical competencies among radiological sciences modality and clearly articulate specific clinical competencies of students for the development of competency-based performance evaluation tool. Seven clinical preceptors identified as expert in the specific imaging area were asked to evaluate the clinical competence of fifty-two (52) students based on their performance, using the mean, standard deviation, t-test and One-Way ANOVA. Result of the study revealed that the level of student’s clinical competencies in computed tomography is low, radiography is high, ultrasound is moderate, MRI is high, radiation therapy is moderate, nuclear medicine is moderate and fluoroscopy is high. Results of t-test showed that at alpha level of 0.05, there is no significant difference between the students’ clinical competencies on radiological sciences imaging when classified into two (2) age-groups. Results of One-Way ANOVA also showed that there is significant difference between the students’ clinical competencies on radiological sciences imaging (p<0.05). Further, the result of this study illustrates the need to enhance the clinical education training program in specific radiological sciences imaging namely the computed tomography, ultrasound, radiation therapy and nuclear medicine which have low to moderate level of students’ clinical competencies. With these results, it shows the importance of the assessment tool used in monitoring student progress.