Importance and utilization frequency of essential competencies of Korean physical therapists

To cope with the changing healthcare environment, it is necessary to investigate the essential competencies in the clinical practice of physical therapists and to reflect these results in the physical therapy training process. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to provide basic data for the training of physical therapists and policy development by analyzing perceptions of the importance of physical therapists’ competencies and the frequency of the utilization of those competencies. We surveyed licensed physical therapists in Korea who had clinical experience in physical therapy using a Google questionnaire on mobile devices and PCs. A total of 296 (99.0%) of the 299 subjects responded to the survey questionnaires from September 16, 2019 to September 30, 2019.