Quo vadis Therapieberufe - wie sehen Physio- und Ergotherapeuten die Zukunft ihrer Berufe? Ergebnisse einer deutschlandweiten Befragung: Ergebnisse einer deutschlandweiten Befragung zur Berufssituation.
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Quo vadis Therapieberufe - wie sehen Physio- und Ergotherapeuten die Zukunft ihrer Berufe? Ergebnisse einer deutschlandweiten Befragung: Ergebnisse einer deutschlandweiten Befragung zur Berufssituation. / Ketels, Gesche; Schön, Gerhard; Bussche van den, Hendrik; Barzel, Anne.
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T1 - Quo vadis Therapieberufe - wie sehen Physio- und Ergotherapeuten die Zukunft ihrer Berufe? Ergebnisse einer deutschlandweiten Befragung: Ergebnisse einer deutschlandweiten Befragung zur Berufssituation.
AU - Ketels, Gesche
AU - Schön, Gerhard
AU - Bussche van den, Hendrik
AU - Barzel, Anne
N1 - © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Background: The introduction of occupational and physical therapy as academic disciplines is evidence of radical changes in the therapeutic health care professions. Therapists' professional associations are planning and negotiating both with health insurance companies and with other branches of the health care professions concerning future spheres of activity. In order to find out what the therapists in these professions think about their future, we conducted a survey of physical and occupational therapists through-out Germany. Our findings regarding profes-sional life, job satisfaction, competition and cooperation have already been published. This article presents therapists' assessments of the future of their professions. Method: From May until December 2008 we performed a cross-sectional survey, interviewing physical and occupational therapists throughout Germany. Statements were answered on a 6-step Likert scale; open questions were answered in free-text fields. The evaluation was performed quantitatively; the free texts were also evaluated qualitatively. Results: A total of 3 506 questionnaires were evaluated; 1 273 were completed by occupational therapists and 2 233 by physical therapists. Nearly half of the therapists (n=1 687; 48.4%) used the opportunity to emphasise the need for change. We identified 4 026 statements about 8 general topics: remuneration, employee co-determination, professional recognition, continuing education, cooperation, initial access to the professions, and their academic status. Therapists illustrated certain items in the questionnaire with examples from their professional experience, suggested add-itional topics, and proposed concrete changes. We document a broad range of opinions and concerns, especially in regard to such subjects concerning the future of the professions as their new academic status and initial access. Conclusion: Physical and occupational therapists are concerned about the future development of their professions. They see a need for change in the following areas: remuneration, employee co-determination, initial access and cooperation as well as in the development of their profession as an academic discipline. Policy makers need to heed therapists' assessments of the state of their professions and their calls for its increased professionalisation.
AB - Background: The introduction of occupational and physical therapy as academic disciplines is evidence of radical changes in the therapeutic health care professions. Therapists' professional associations are planning and negotiating both with health insurance companies and with other branches of the health care professions concerning future spheres of activity. In order to find out what the therapists in these professions think about their future, we conducted a survey of physical and occupational therapists through-out Germany. Our findings regarding profes-sional life, job satisfaction, competition and cooperation have already been published. This article presents therapists' assessments of the future of their professions. Method: From May until December 2008 we performed a cross-sectional survey, interviewing physical and occupational therapists throughout Germany. Statements were answered on a 6-step Likert scale; open questions were answered in free-text fields. The evaluation was performed quantitatively; the free texts were also evaluated qualitatively. Results: A total of 3 506 questionnaires were evaluated; 1 273 were completed by occupational therapists and 2 233 by physical therapists. Nearly half of the therapists (n=1 687; 48.4%) used the opportunity to emphasise the need for change. We identified 4 026 statements about 8 general topics: remuneration, employee co-determination, professional recognition, continuing education, cooperation, initial access to the professions, and their academic status. Therapists illustrated certain items in the questionnaire with examples from their professional experience, suggested add-itional topics, and proposed concrete changes. We document a broad range of opinions and concerns, especially in regard to such subjects concerning the future of the professions as their new academic status and initial access. Conclusion: Physical and occupational therapists are concerned about the future development of their professions. They see a need for change in the following areas: remuneration, employee co-determination, initial access and cooperation as well as in the development of their profession as an academic discipline. Policy makers need to heed therapists' assessments of the state of their professions and their calls for its increased professionalisation.
U2 - 10.1055/s-0034-1387711
DO - 10.1055/s-0034-1387711
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
C2 - 25268413
JO - GESUNDHEITSWESEN
JF - GESUNDHEITSWESEN
SN - 0941-3790
ER -