Assessing Cultural Competence among Canadian Physiotherapists: A Qualitative Analysis of a Cross-Sectional Survey Part 2

Purpose:This study is the second part of a cross-sectional questionnaire aiming to identify Canadian physiotherapists needs and strategies for physiotherapy associations to improve cultural competence in physiotherapy.Methods:We conducted a descriptive qualitative analysis of one open-ended question of a cross-sectional questionnaire. We used inductive thematic analysis to develop and modify codes as concepts emerged. Inductive analysis was used to develop the codebook from the qualitative finding of the research study.Results:We received a total of 806 responses, and of those individuals, 485 provided one to three suggestions as part of the open-ended question. We identified two major themes from our open-ended question: (1) education and (2) institutional change. There were four subthemes categorized under education: (1) Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) training opportunities, (2) resources, (3) accessibility to education, and (4) representation within educational resources. Institutional change was categorized into three subthemes: (1) advocacy, (2) support, and (3) representation in leadership.Conclusions:The results of this questionnaire act as a meaningful and necessary call to action to key stakeholders in the physiotherapy profession.Clinical Impact:There is a need for educational institutions, regulatory bodies, and associations to re-evaluate policies surrounding cultural competence to improve the delivery of culturally safe healthcare. Objectif :deuxieme partie d'un questionnaire transversal visant a determiner les besoins des physiotherapeutes canadiens et les strategies que devraient adopter les associations de physiotherapie pour ameliorer la competence culturelle en physiotherapie.Methodologie :analyse qualitative descriptive d'une question ouverte dans un questionnaire transversal. Les chercheurs ont utilise l'analyse thematique inductive pour creer et modifier les codes a mesure que les concepts emergeaient. Ils ont recouru a l'analyse inductive pour creer le livre-code a partir des observations qualitatives de l'etude.Resultats :les chercheurs ont recu un total de 806 reponses; 485 des repondants ont fourni une a trois suggestions dans la question ouverte. Ils ont extrait deux grands themes de cette question : 1) l'education et 2) le changement institutionnel. Quatre sous-themes etaient classes dans education : 1) possibilites de formation sur la diversite, l'equite et l'inclusion, 2) ressources, 3) acces a l'education et 4) representation dans les ressources d'education. Le changement institutionnel etait divise en trois sous-themes : 1) revendications, 2) soutien et 3) representation dans le leadership.Conclusions :les resultats de ce questionnaire forment un appel a l'action important et necessaire aupres des principaux intervenants de la profession.Repercussions cliniques :les etablissements d'enseignement, les organismes de reglementation et les associations doivent reevaluer les politiques entourant la competence culturelle pour ameliorer la prestation de soins securitaires sur le plan culturel.