Publications by authors named "Tamara Burlis"
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- Competency-based education (CBE) is being adopted in health professions, and this report focuses on creating a set of competencies for physical therapists as part of revamping their Doctor of Physical Therapy curriculum.
- A multi-step survey process was used to refine these competencies and achieve consensus among stakeholders, with an agreement threshold set at 85% for each item.
- The final outcome included 57 agreed-upon competencies organized into 8 domains, aiming to provide a coherent framework to improve physical therapist education and overall health care.
Purpose: The purpose of this project was to implement a process for learner-driven, formative, prospective, ad-hoc, entrustment assessment in Doctor of Physical Therapy clinical education. Our goals were to develop an innovative entrustment assessment tool, and then explore whether the tool detected (1) differences between learners at different stages of development and (2) differences within learners across the course of a clinical education experience. We also investigated whether there was a relationship between the number of assessments and change in performance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims And Objectives: To assess the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk among urban public school students through a collaborative school district and university partnership.
Methods: Children and adolescents in grades K-12 from 24 urban public schools participated in measurements of height, weight, and other health metrics during the 2009-2010 school year. Body mass index (BMI) percentiles and z-scores were computed for 4673 students.
Background: Workplaces provide ideal environments for wellness programming. The purpose of this study was to explore exercise self-efficacy among university employees and the effects of a worksite wellness program on physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors.
Methods: Participants included 121 university employees (85% female).
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a worksite health promotion program on improving cardiovascular disease risk factors.
Methods: In St Louis, Missouri from 2005 to 2006, 151 employees (134 F, 17 M, 81% overweight/obese) participated in a cohort-randomized trial comparing assessments + intervention (worksite A) with assessments only (worksite B) for 1 year. All participants received personal health reports containing their assessment results.
Background And Purpose: The Guide to Physical Therapist Practice (Guide) recommends that heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) measurement be included in the examination of new patients. The purpose of this study was to survey physical therapy clinical instructors to determine the frequency of HR and BP measurement in new patients and in patients already on the physical therapists' caseload. The use of information obtained from HR and BP measures in decision making for patient care and the effects of practice setting and academic preparation on the measurement and use of HR and BP also were examined.
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