title: Effect of Physical Therapy Students' Clinical Experiences on Clinician Productivity.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Physical therapy clinical education experiences (CEEs) are difficult to secure, particularly first-level CEEs. Our purpose was to determine 1) what impact student full-time CEEs have on PT clinician productivity and 2) whether there is a productivity difference between first vs final CEEs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Productivity logs, including possible factors impacting productivity, were distributed to clinician-student pairings on first and final CEEs. Two-week baseline data (without a student) were compared to weeks 1 and 6 (with a student) for 31 logs using a 2x4 repeated-measures ANOVA. In a subset of 17 logs for CEEs 8 weeks or longer, a 2x5 repeated-measures ANOVA was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a significant increase in the number of patients seen and CPT units billed by both levels of CEEs comparing weeks 1 and 6. In the subset of CEEs, 8 weeks or longer, there was a significant increase in the number of patients treated per hour at week 6 and a trend toward a change at week 8 when compared to baseline week A. The factors selected as impacting productivity were census (59%) and staffing (32%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Physical therapy clinician-student pairings showed an overall increase in productivity during both full-time first and final level CEEs.
authors.affiliation: Dep. of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Blvd., Bldg 5N, Rm 207, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA. Tel 862-485-0905, fax 718-982-2984. Susan.Pivko@CSI.CUNY.edu.
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Pivko
authors.forename: Laurel D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Abbruzzese
authors.forename: Pragati
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Duttaroy
authors.forename: Ruth L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ryans
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D003162:Competency-Based Education; D004526:Efficiency; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000193:education*; D026761:Physical Therapy Specialty / Q000193:education*; D011361:Professional Competence; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*