Self-Assessment: The Disconnect between Research and Rhetoric.
OBJECTIVE
Physical therapists are expected to engage in self-assessment in order to ensure competent practice and to identify appropriate professional development activities.


CONCLUSIONS
This paper reviews the current literature on the accuracy and role of self-assessment in physical therapy. Current literature indicating that self-assessment cannot be conducted with any degree of accuracy is discussed, and a proposed reformulation of the concept of self-assessment is presented.


CONCLUSIONS
Practical strategies are offered for clinicians to improve the potential for obtaining reliable and valid information about their own clinical performance to guide the selection of appropriate professional development activities and to promote the provision of competent patient care.
Patricia A. Miller , BSc(PT), MHSc, MSc, PhD : Associate Clinical Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; PhD candidate, Health Research Methodology Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; Strategic Training Fellow in Rehabilitation Research, CIHR Quality of Life Strategic Training Program, McMaster University / University of British Columbia.
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