Background: Kenyan-trained physiotherapists progressed from masseurs to Kenya Registered Physiotherapists. The current Kenya Medical Training College offers diploma-level training as a result of the rapid development of paramedical training programmes (KMTC). To prevent, manage, and offer effective therapeutic and rehabilitative treatments for the entire community, physiotherapists should acquire clinical competencies to deal with current health concerns.
The following objectives were created in order to tackle the study's problem: To identify the competencies that physiotherapists gained during their training at the Kenya Medical Training College in Nairobi, and to outline the competencies that need to be learned during training in order to be competent in hospital and community settings.
Descriptive educational research was used as the design.
Physiotherapists in Kenya's Ministry of Health, Kenya Medical Training College, and public and private hospitals
Physiotherapy graduates, KMTC academics, public and private practitioners, and Ministry of Health administrators made up a random sample of 30 responses.
The competencies recognised by the participants in the first round were clustered, and the second round of questionnaires was created. A common set of clinical competences for training was produced from the second round of questions.
The answer rate was a perfect 100 percent. When participants repeatedly selected all of the domains of clinical competence that should be included in the curriculum, a consensus was reached. Research (86.6 percent), physiotherapy standards (86.6 percent), community-based rehabilitation (83.3 percent), counselling of patients and relatives (80 percent), emergency and disaster management (80 percent), communication (80 percent), medical legal issues and professional ethics were all rated 'Very Useful' by the participants (70 percent ).
Conclusion: Physiotherapists must be trained to work in both community and hospital settings.
Recommendations: KMTC should use a modified Delphi technique to identify areas of expertise for educating health professionals. Health workers should be prepared to function in both community and hospital settings, according to the courses developed.Author(S) Details
Gladys J. Mengich
School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences and Technology, Department of Health Professions Education, Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology P.O. Box 190 - 50100, Kakamega, Kenya.
Sabella J. Kiprono
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Masinde Muliro University of science and Technology, P.O.Box 190 – 50100, Kakamega, Kenya.
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