Individualizing standardized tests: physiotherapists and occupational therapists' test practices in a geriatric setting
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Krohne, K., Torres, S., Slettebø, Å. & Bergland, A. (2013). Individualizing Standardized Tests: Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists' Test Practices in a Geriatric Setting. Qualitative Health Research, 23(9), 1168-1178. doi:10.1177/1049732313499073 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732313499073Sammendrag
In assessing geriatric patients’ functional status, health care professionals use a number of standardized tests. These
tests have defined administration procedures that restrict communication and interaction with patients. In this article,
we explore the experiences of occupational therapists and physiotherapists acting as standardized test administrators.
Drawing on fieldwork, interviews with physiotherapists and occupational therapists, and observations of test situations
on acute geriatric wards, we suggest that the test situation generates a tension between what standardization demands
and what individualization requires. Our findings illustrate how physiotherapists and occupational therapists navigate
between adherence to the test standard and meeting what they consider to be the individual patient’s needs in the test
situation. We problematize this navigation, and argue that the health care professional’s use of relational competence
is the means to reach and maintain individualization