Home-educated physical therapy candidates pass licensure examinations at higher rates than international-educated candidates in Canada and the USA¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · quant-synthesis r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In Canada (PCE, 2013–2017), first-time home-educated candidates passed the written exam at 94% and the clinical exam at 90%, versus 78% and 72% for first-time international candidates. → Bobos Pavlos 2021 q2 i? In the USA (NPTE, 2016–2020), the pass rate was 92% for USA-educated candidates and 37% for foreign-educated candidates. → Bobos Pavlos 2021 (2)

Evidence¶

Bobos Pavlos 2021¶

Bobos Pavlos, Pouliopoulou Dimitra V., Harriss Alexandra, Sadi Jackie, Rushton Alison, MacDermid Joy C. (2021). A systematic review and meta-analysis of measurement properties of objective structured clinical examinations used in physical therapy licensure and a structured review of licensure practices in countries with well-developed regulation systems. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255696

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Structured review reporting published PCE pass rates for Canada, 2013–2017. Home-educated candidates passed at "94%" (written) and "90%" (clinical), versus 78% and 72% for first-time international candidates. Descriptive percentages; no effect size printed.

"The pass rate for the written examination was 94%, and the pass rate for the clinical examination was 90%. The mean pass rate for first-time international candidates was 78% for the written and 72% for the clinical examination."

Bobos Pavlos 2021 (2)¶

Bobos Pavlos, Pouliopoulou Dimitra V., Harriss Alexandra, Sadi Jackie, Rushton Alison, MacDermid Joy C. (2021). A systematic review and meta-analysis of measurement properties of objective structured clinical examinations used in physical therapy licensure and a structured review of licensure practices in countries with well-developed regulation systems. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255696

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Structured review reporting published NPTE pass rates for the USA, 2016–2020: "92% for USA-educated candidates and 37% for foreign-educated candidates". Descriptive percentages; no effect size printed.

"The pass rate of the USA’s National Physical Therapy examination (NPTE) for years 2016–2020 was 92% for USA-educated candidates and 37% for foreign-educated candidates."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Canada (excluding Quebec) is the only country of 17 requiring a clinical competency examination for licensure of domestic physical therapy graduates — related