Does online clinical mentoring for physical therapists enhance clinical practice and patient outcomes? A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to determine whether a short-term online clinical mentoring program was more effective than asynchronous online lectures at improving physical therapists' (PT) practice and their patients' outcomes.

Methods

In this randomized controlled trial, 27 PTs were randomized with allocation concealment to 6 h of online clinical mentoring sessions (experimental group) or 6-h of asynchronous online lectures (control group). The primary patient outcome was function, assessed using the Patient-Specific Functional Scale (PSFS), evaluated at baseline (initial consultation) and 4-week follow-up. Secondary patient outcomes were the Functional Rating Index (FRI) and Global Rating of Change Scale (GRC). Clinician (PT) outcomes were the 'Clinician Confidence

SUBMITTER: Leahy E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12624911 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature