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Advancing Value-Based Academic-Clinical Partnership Evaluation in Physical Therapy Education: Multiattribute Utility
1Sara North is the director of educational innovation and evaluation in the Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, Medical School at the University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis MN 55455 ( snorth@umn.edu ). Please address all correspondence to Sara North.
This study explored using multiattribute utility analysis (MAUA) to evaluate academic-clinical partnerships. MAUA provides a flexible, quantitative framework for assessing partnership effectiveness in physical therapy education.
Area of Science:
- Health Professions Education
- Quantitative Research Methods
Background:
- Academic-clinical partnerships are crucial for health professions education but face systemic challenges.
- Evaluating partnership effectiveness requires systematic and flexible methods.
- Existing evaluation processes often lack quantitative rigor and adaptability.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the application of Multiattribute Utility Analysis (MAUA) for evaluating academic-clinical partnership effectiveness.
- To investigate the potential of MAUA as a sustainable and flexible evaluation process.
- To address the need for scholarly methods in assessing academic-clinical partnerships.
Main Methods:
- Employed the Multiattribute Utility Analysis (MAUA) methodological framework.
- Surveyed Directors and Co-Directors of Clinical Education in US Doctor of Physical Therapy programs.
- Identified and quantified weighted priorities influencing partnership effectiveness.
Main Results:
- MAUA offers a viable methodology for value-based academic-clinical partnership evaluation.
- Survey results revealed trends in attribute prioritization and their intersectionality.
- A flexible framework was developed for academic-clinical education faculty decision-making.
Conclusions:
- MAUA enables narrowing partnership criteria to a manageable, quantitative subset for decision-making.
- An evidence-based framework like MAUA facilitates objective partnership assessment and management.
- This approach supports informed decisions on maintaining, enhancing, or discontinuing partnerships based on shared understanding.
