SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL COMPETENCIES, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, EVALUATION AND ABILITY TO WORK AMONG THE GRADUATES OF SPORTS REHABILITATION

Abstract

Mutasem Abdel wahhab Alsoub*

This study aimed at identifying scientific and practical competencies, communication skills, evaluation and ability to work among the graduates of sports rehabilitation in the faculty of sports sciences at Mu'tah University, and the differences in competencies according to the variables of gender and academic estimation. The study sample consisted of (81) male and female graduates, with (42) males (51.9%) and (39) females (48.1%). The study used the descriptive approach due to its compatibility to the study nature, and the questionnaire was used as the study instrument for data collection. The study instrument consisted of (4) domains (scientific and practical competencies, communication skills, evaluation, ability to work), where each domain included (6) items. The study data were analyzed by using (SPSS), where the means, standard deviations, t-test, one-way Anova, and least significant difference were used. The results revealed that the degree of having competencies in general was medium and for all the questionnaire's domains. The results revealed that there are no differences between males and females in the level of having competencies and for all the questionnaire's domains. As for the variable of academic estimation, the results revealed that there are statistically significant differences between the categories of academic estimation, where the differences were in favor of the higher academic estimate. Based on the results, the study recommended the necessity of urging the principals in the department of sports rehabilitation to cope with the new developments in their domain and update the academic plan in order to increase the focus on the courses related to health sciences, such as functional anatomy and physiology, in addition to enhancing students to participate in the projects of scientific research within their specialties, especially as the university assigns several scholarships supported by the ministry of higher education.