Investigation for research competency of undergraduate interns in rehabilitation therapy using WHO rehabilita-tion competency framework
ZENG Bin
GUO Shuang
YE Haiyan
YE Jinqun
XU Zihan
XU Guangqing
ZHANG Lei
Abstract：Objective To investigate the research competency among undergraduate interns of rehabilitation therapy.
Methods In July,2024,a total of 81 undergraduate rehabilitation therapy interns from Department of Rehabilitation Medicine,Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital were self-rated the research competency,using research com-petency and activities,level 1 of World Health Organization rehabilitation competency framework.Semi-struc-tured interviews were conducted to investigate the willingness and difficulties to participate in research.
Results The self-rated competencies were the lowest in behavior of C2.3 Assists in assessing rehabilitation service user needs and priorities for research,and Activity of A2 Disseminating evidence.For interviews,72 students would participate in researches,primarily motivated by career advancement and postgraduate admission competition.The main difficulties included insufficient faculty mentorship(n=48),limitation in knowledge(n=43)and diffi-culties in formulating scientific questions(n=43).
Conclusion Most rehabilitation therapy undergraduates would like to participate in researches,but are suboptimal in re-search competency due to personal and environmental constraints.
Keywords：rehabilitation therapyundergraduate internsrehabilitation competency frameworkresearch competency
Publication Date：2025-05-25
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 548-552 )