Development of measurement criteria for academic performance and its association with psycho- social factors and motor proficiency in physiotherapy undergraduates

This study aims toexplore various psycho- social factors associated with academic performance.Since, physiotherapy is a skill – based profession association with motorproficiency is also studied. Also, the study aims to develop a criteria toclassify slow and advanced performers to facilitate remedial action and improvetheir proficiency.

The study will beconducted in 4 phases

Phase I – thisphase of the study is to rationalize the need of study through a semi – structuredinterview to understand the perception of the physiotherapy academicians aboutthe factors affecting academic performance.

Phase II of thestudy is evaluation of the third and fourth year physiotherapy students formotor proficiency, psycho – social factors, intelligence and level of self-directed learning in 3 stratified groups of students with poor, fair and goodacademic performance

Phase III of thestudy is to establish the association of all the above factors evaluated inphase II and to develop a criteria to classify slow and advanced performersbased on the association.

Phase IV of thestudy is weigh the developed criteria to classify slow and advanced performersthrough a consensus method of Delphi process