Table 2 Self-confidence in clinical skills pre and post test
|  |  | Not at all confident | ↔ | Highly confident | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | How confident are you in doing basic shoulder assessments such as muscle testing and range of motion on a person whom you are not familiar with? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
2 | How confident are you in being able to make a patient comfortable, minimising their pain and anxiety, whilst performing a shoulder assessment on your patient? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
3 | How confident are you in taking a history on a patient with rotator cuff tendonitis/impingement syndrome? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
4 | How confident are you in performing shoulder palpation on a patient with shoulder complaints? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
5 | How confident are you in interpreting a patient’s verbal and physical response to orthopaedic assessment procedures? In other words, interpreting if the assessment is positive or negative for a condition such as facet or impingement syndrome? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
6 | How confident are you in explaining to a patient what may be causing their pain during a certain procedure; for example, shoulder pain during a specific orthopaedic procedure | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
7 | How confident are you at performing a basic shoulder assessment which includes observation, orthopaedic, muscle testing, and range of motion procedures? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
8 | How confident are you in interpreting the findings of an active function tests or either the spine or shoulder? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
9 | How confident are you at initiating a shoulder range of motion and strengthening exercise technique? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |