EXPERIENCES AND ATTITUDES OF PHYSIOTERAPIST ABOUT THE INTERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL EXAM: research

UVOD: Pripravnički staž je rad pod nadzorom kojim se zdravstveni djelatnik osposobljava za samostalan rad. On traje 12 mjeseci. Stručni ispit se provodi usmeno. On se sastoji se od dva dijela, točnije od općeg i stručnog dijela. Opći dio ispita obuhvaća: Ustavno uređenje Republike Hrvatske, Zakon o zdravstvenoj zaštiti i Zakon o obveznom zdravstvenom osiguranju, Radni odnosi i mirovinsko osiguranje. Stručni dio ispita razlikuje se za sve zdravstvene djelatnike, a za fizioterapeute obuhvaća: kineziterapiju i fizikalnu terapiju. CILJ ISTRAŽIVANJA: Glavni cilj istraživanja bio je analizirati stavove i iskustva fizioterapeuta o pripravničkom stažu. Specifični ciljevi istraživanja su: smatraju li fizioterapeuti da se treba smanjiti vrijeme trajanja pripravničkog staža sa 12 mjeseci na 6 mjeseci, ispitati izaziva li stručni ispit stres kod fizioterapeuta, smatraju li da se treba ukinuti stručni ispit i usporediti stupanj zadovoljstva pripravničkim stažem fizioterapeuta koji su obavljali pripravnički staž prije pandemije i za vrijeme pandemije COVID-19 virusom. MATERIJALI I METODE: Istraživanje se provodilo anketnim upitnikom tijekom srpnja i kolovoza 2022. godine. Kriteriji uključenja ispitanika u istraživanje su: fizioterapeuti koji su obavili pripravnički staž od 2011. godine do danas, fizioterapeuti koji su položili stručni ispit od 2011. do danas, fizioterapeuti koji imaju 18 i više godina. REZULTATI: U istraživanju sudjelovalo je 200 ispitanika, od toga je 81% ženskog spola i 19% muškog spola. Dob ispitanike je od 20 do 48 godina, a prosječna dob je 28,82. Prihvaćena hipoteza je: „Kod fizioterapeuta polaganje stručnog ispita izaziva veliku razinu stresa“. Odbačene hipoteze su: „Fizioterapeuti smatraju da se trajanje pripravničkoga staža treba smanjiti sa 12 mjeseci na 6 mjeseci“, „Fizioterapeuti smatraju da se treba ukinuti stručni ispit“ i „Fizioterapeuti koji su obavljali pripravnički staž prije pandemije COVID-19 virusom su zadovoljniji pripravničkim stažem nego fizioterapeuti koji su obavljali pripravnički staž za vrijeme pandemije COVID-19 virusom.“. ZAKLJUČAK: Fizioterapeuti su u vrijeme pandemije COVID-19 virusom pokušali da se ukine ili smanji vrijeme trajanja obavljanja pripravničkog staža. U ovom istraživanju rezultati pokazuju da fizioterapeuti ipak nisu za ukidanje pripravničkog staža, a ni za smanjenje trajanja. Pripravnički staž ostaje i dalje obavezan te traje 12 mjeseci. Tijekom obavljanja pripravničkog staža, pripravnici ipak usavršuju vještine koje su potrebne za samostalni radINTRODUCTION: Internship is supervised work that trains a healthcare professional for independent work. It lasts 12 months. The professional exam is conducted orally. It consists of two parts, more precisely the general and specialist part. The general part of the exam includes: Constitutional regulation of the Republic of Croatia, Health Care Act and Mandatory Health Insurance Act, Labor relations and pension insurance. The professional part of the exam is different for all healthcare professionals, and for physiotherapists it includes: kinesitherapy and physical therapy. RESEARCH GOAL: The main goal of the research was to analyze the attitudes and experiences of physiotherapists regarding internship. The specific objectives of the research are: do physiotherapists think that the duration of the internship should be reduced from 12 months to 6 months, to examine whether the professional exam causes stress among physiotherapists, do they think that the professional exam should be abolished and to compare the degree of satisfaction with the internship of the physiotherapists they have performed internship before the pandemic and during the pandemic with the COVID-19 virus. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The research was conducted using a questionnaire during July and August 2022. The criteria for the inclusion of respondents in the research are: physiotherapists who completed an internship from 2011 to the present, physiotherapists who passed the professional exam from 2011 to the present, physiotherapists aged 18 and over. RESULTS: 200 respondents participated in the research, of which 81% were female and 19% were male. The age of the respondents is from 20 to 48 years, and the average age is 28.82. The accepted hypothesis is: "For physiotherapists, passing the professional exam causes a high level of stress". The rejected hypotheses are: "Physiotherapists believe that the duration of internship should be reduced from 12 months to 6 months", "Physiotherapists believe that the professional exam should be abolished" and "Physiotherapists who did internship before the COVID-19 virus pandemic are more satisfied with their internship but physiotherapists who did internships during the COVID-19 pandemic." CONCLUSION: During the COVID-19 pandemic, physiotherapists tried to cancel or reduce the duration of internships. In this research, the results show that physiotherapists are not in favor of abolishing the internship, nor for reducing its duration. Internship remains mandatory and lasts 12 months. During the internship, interns still improve the skills needed for independent work