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Volume 11 (3)
Volume 11, Issue 3, 1991 
J Contin Educ Health Prof 1991; 11(3):243-250
ALLIED HEALTH
Martha C. Rader, PhD, PT Martha A. Clendenin, PhD, PT A b s t r a c t Refresher courses have emerged as a particular kind of continuing education activity designed to help professionals who are, or who perceive themselves to be, out of the mainstream of practice. This project surveyed individuals who had completed a two-week physical therapy refresher course. The purposes were 1) to identify the primary motivation for enrolling in a refresher course, 2) to describe the demographic characteristics of participants, and 3) to determine the effect of the refresher course on participants' professional activities. Seventy-five percent of respondents took the course to refresh or update their knowledge of physical therapy. The remaining twenty-five percent were interested n preparing to take the licensure examination. Participants were primarily female, in their early forties. Of 39 individuals taking the licensure examination, 31 became licensed physical therapists following completion of the refresher course. While half of the respondents were working prior to the course, more than three-fourths were working at the time of the survey. Ninety-six percent of the respondents reported that the refresher course was worthwhile. Refresher courses may therefore be one option for helping to meet the need for adequate numbers of well-qualified health professionals, especially in those fields with acute manpower shortages. Keywords: Continuing education; refresher course; physical therapy; allied health; manpower |
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