Physical Therapists' Perspectives on Lifelong Learning.

Introduction: In today's healthcare environment, it is critical that allied health professionals maintain and grow the requisite knowledge and skills that defined their competence upon entering the field. Despite a strong emphasis on the attribute of lifelong learning in the physical therapy profession, no psychometrically sound instrument has been developed to assess it.

Methods: The Jefferson Scale of Physical Therapist Lifelong Learning (JSPTLL) was adapted from the Jefferson Scale of Physician Lifelong Learning.