A systematic review and meta-analysis of measurement properties of objective structured clinical examinations used in physical therapy licensure and a structured review of licensure practices in countries with well-developed regulation systems

• Pavlos Bobos ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: pbobos@uwo.ca

  Affiliations School of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Western University, London, ON, Canada, Roth McFarlane Hand and Upper Limb Centre, St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, ON, Canada, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Applied Health Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5098-4840

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• Dimitra V. Pouliopoulou,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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• Alexandra Harriss,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Western University, London, ON, Canada

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• Jackie Sadi,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Western University, London, ON, Canada

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• Alison Rushton,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Western University, London, ON, Canada

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• Joy C. MacDermid

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Western University, London, ON, Canada, Roth McFarlane Hand and Upper Limb Centre, St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, ON, Canada, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

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