Clinical Instructor Resources

Clinical Education Glossary

• Physical Therapy Clinical Education Glossary

           This link leads to the APTA Academy of Education's listing of terms that apply to the physical             therapy clinical education community.

Forms

• CI Assessment of SPC PTA Program

           This link leads to a Microsoft Forms survey.  If you are a CI who has worked with a                                   student PTA from SPC, please complete this to let us know how we are doing!

• Clinical Site Visit Form

           This is the form that will be used to conduct site visit(s) during the clinical                                                 experience.  Take a look at this so you know what kind of information to have ready.

PTA CPI 3.0 Instructions

• PTA CPI 3.0 User Guide for CIs

This describes how to log in to your PTA CPI account and how to complete the PTA CPI assessment.

• Completing PTA CPI 3.0 Training

This describes how to access the PTA CPI 3.0 training through the APTA Learning                      Center.

Tips for Working with Students

• Being a Good/GREAT Clinical Instructor
  • Expectations of CIs : this is the SPC PTA Program policy regarding clinical instructor qualifications and expectations.
  • CI Training : this runs through the basics of being a Clinical Instructor.  This is intended to supplement an in-person CI Credentialing Course.
  • Qualities of a GREAT CI : describes what great CIs do.
  • Tips for being a GREAT CI : more tips for being a great CI.
• Setting Up for Clinical Learning
  • Structuring Clinical Teaching : provides a general framework around which to structure the clinical experience.
  • Preventing Problems : explains three stages of prevention to address student problems.
  • Integrating a Student and a Busy Practice : gives suggestions for maintaining a high caseload during a clinical experience.
  • Working with Multiple Students : describes collaborative learning, and how to take advantage of working with more than one student at a time.
  • Teaching a Student PTA vs. a Student PT : this outlines appropriate expectations for a student PTA (as compared to a student PT and a technician).
  • Supervision Considerations : balances the approach of "holding a student's hand" with the "throwing the student to the wolves" approach.
• Giving Feedback
  • Creating a Learning Atmosphere : describes the right kind of stress to facilitate learning.
  • Qualities of Good Feedback : explains six components of good feedback.
  • Addressing Skill Deficit by Domain : provides three domains that must be addressed to resolve observed skill deficits
  • Addressing Affective Skills : gives tips for addressing "soft skills"
  • Providing Constructive Criticism : describes six qualities your criticism should have
• Teaching Tips
  • Teaching the Adult Learner : gives suggestions for teaching adults (which all of the students are).
  • Matching Teaching and Learning Styles : describes teaching and learning styles, and suggests which matches with which.
  • Teaching Millenials : gives tips for engaging millenials.
  • Instructing by Asking : describes how to ask questions to effect learning.
  • Strategies for Teaching Critical Thinking : gives approaches for teaching critical thinking.
  • Teaching Clinical Decision-Making : describes how to emphasize evidence-based practice in clinical decision-making.
  • Teaching Critical Thinking : describes one method (red light, yellow light, green light) to teach critical thinking.
  • Helping with Licensure Exam Prep : gives suggestions on how to help students prepare for the licensing exam during the clinical experience.
  • Challenging Strength Knowledge & Application : provides ideas for challenging the student when it comes to strengthening principles and techniques.
  • Ideas for Challenging a Great Student : results of on-going brainstorms for how to raise the bar for the student who is exceling.

Tools for Students

• Chart Review Template : click this link, and use the document to walk through a thorough PT evaluation review
• Using Technology for Clinical Learning : this link opens a document that lists options for apps, Podcasts, and YouTube channels that might be useful during the clinical experience.
• Defensible Documentation : describes elements of good documentation, with examples.
• Clinical Tests
  • Fullerton Advanced Balance Scale
    • FAB Scale : this is the actual test
    • FAB Instructions : these are detailed instructions for conducting the FAB
    • FAB Interpretation : this explains how to interpret the results of the FAB
    • FAB Psychometrics : this describes the reliability of the FAB
  • Mini BESTest
    • Mini BESTest : this is the actual test
    • Mini BESTest Psychometrics
• Gait Sample Videos - COMING SOON!

 Tools for Clinicians

• PEDIATRICS
  • http://blog.dinopt.com/adventures-in-w-sitting/ : this is a link to a blog posting with information about W-sitting, written for "public consumption".

Didn't find what you were looking for?  Contact Kevin Beaugh, the SPC PTA Program's Director of Clinical Education : 

E-mail : [email protected]

Office Phone : (806)716-2518