Table 4.
Clinical tasks performed by profession
| Task | ERPa | Non‐ERPa | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physiotherapy (n = 60), % | Occupational Therapy (n = 17), % | Registered Nurse (n = 8), % | Physiotherapy (n = 24), % | Occupational Therapy (n = 12), % | |
| Paper triage | 8.3 | 35.3 | 12.5 | 37.9 | 41.7 |
| Physical triageb | 60.0 | 58.8 | 12.5 | 29.2 | 41.7 |
| Review patients in clinicb | 61.7 | 64.7 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 66.7 |
| Order laboratory testsb | 46.7 | 35.3 | 25.0 | 4.2 | 8.3 |
| Order diagnostic testsb | 41.7 | 11.8 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 8.3 |
| Order x‐raysb | 61.7 | 47.1 | 25.0 | 4.2 | 8.3 |
| Recommend dosage changesb | 36.7 | 58.8 | 50.0 | 12.5 | 8.3 |
| Recommend joint injectionsb | 70.0 | 76.5 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 16.7 |
| Perform joint injectionsb | 10.0 | 17.7 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| IM medications in clinic | 0.0 | 11.8 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Vaccination/TB education | 20.0 | 41.2 | 37.5 | 16.7 | 16.7 |
| Patient education | 78.3 | 88.2 | 50.0 | 66.7 | 83.3 |
| School letters | 26.7 | 47.1 | 0.0 | 37.5 | 58.3 |
| Insurance letters | 25.0 | 41.2 | 0.0 | 41.7 | 75.0 |
| Refer to specialist | 66.7 | 88.2 | 50.0 | 70.8 | 50.0 |
| Refer to allied health | 80.0 | 88.2 | 37.5 | 83.3 | 83.3 |
| Dictateb | 60.0 | 58.8 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 41.7 |
| Inpatient or outpatient consultations | 58.3 | 64.7 | 12.5 | 58.3 | 58.3 |
Abbreviation: IM, intramuscular; TB, tuberculosis.
a
Only those professions with >5 respondents are included in the table.
b
Wilcoxon rank‐sum P < 0.05 between ERP and non‐ERP groups.