20.500.12556/RUL-170305 Self-assessment of physiotherapy students' competence during the COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia a retrospective cross-sectional case-control study Competency-based higher education aims to equip students with the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes necessary for professional practice and lifelong learning. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant adjustments in teaching, assessment and clinical education. This study compares the self-assessed professional competences of graduates of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ljubljana who graduated during the COVID-19 pandemic with those who graduated before the pandemic. Using a structured survey, the graduates assessed 13 core competences that they had acquired during their academic education and clinical practice. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used to compare the cohorts. Although no statistically significant differences in overall competency scores were found between groups, pandemic-era graduates reported slightly lower confidence in competencies acquired through academic training and slightly higher confidence in competencies acquired through clinical practice. Our findings suggest that the blended learning approaches introduced during the pandemic are as effective as traditional face-to-face teaching in promoting skills development. However, the generalisability of the results to the studied group of physiotherapy graduates is limited. The results support further research into virtual and hybrid learning models in physiotherapy education. online teaching and learning pandemic physiotherapy student true false true Angleški jezik Ni določen Članek v reviji 2025-07-03 11:50:44 2025-07-03 11:50:45 2025-07-05 03:59:03 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 90-108 no. 1 Vol. 9 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-01-01 37.091.3:615.8 2559-6624 10.24193/JRHE.2025.1.5 241261571 5_Hlebs_JRHE_1_2025.pdf 5_Hlebs_JRHE_1_2025.pdf 1 5FA3C15D93EAF96C42ADBAAC706A08D2 679798c164e99b9f5df85efb88447af9995bd01d8b54772c449992b56371b548 7ab68b34-57f1-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=212291 https://jrehe.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/2025-2/sonja-hlebs/ 1 4b7ccae4-57f1-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=212290 Zdravstvena fakulteta 0 0 0