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AI assessment for physiotherapy competency

Rubric-graded, human signed-off. Not a quiz generator.

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Scorafy is the assessment-feedback layer for physiotherapy training, clinical placement and continuing professional development. It reads a candidate's open-ended evidence - an assessment and clinical-reasoning write-up, a treatment plan, a case study or a recorded clinical interaction - then maps it to your rubric with cited evidence taken from the work. A qualified assessor reviews every result and signs off before it is recorded, so no judgement is made by software alone. Built for defensibility: every result carries a human sign-off and a full audit trail. It is not a practice-management or registry system - it handles the part where the candidate's clinical reasoning is scored.

What you assess for physiotherapy competency

  • Conducting a subjective and objective assessment and reasoning from the findings to a working diagnosis
  • Designing and justifying a treatment plan that fits the patient's presentation, goals and stage of recovery
  • Safe and effective technique and manual handling, including adapting to the patient and the setting
  • Recognising red flags and contraindications, and knowing when to refer or escalate rather than treat
  • Patient communication, consent and documentation, including explaining the plan and recording the reasoning

A worked rubric criterion

You define the criteria and levels. Scorafy grades each answer against them, with the evidence.

Criterion

Reasons from assessment findings to a working diagnosis and plan

1Not yet competent - jumps to a treatment without a clear assessment, misses a red flag, or cannot link the plan to the findings
2Competent - gathers a relevant history and objective findings, reasons to a justified working diagnosis, rules out serious causes, and designs a plan that fits the presentation and goals
3Exemplary - prioritises the assessment around the likely hypotheses, integrates the findings into a clear clinical picture, justifies the plan against the evidence, and sets measurable goals and review points

Why a quiz won't cut it

Physiotherapy is clinical reasoning applied to a real body in front of you, not recall of anatomy. A multiple-choice quiz can confirm a candidate knows a muscle or a test, but it cannot show whether they would assess a patient soundly, reason to a diagnosis, spot a red flag, or justify a treatment plan. That judgement lives in how a candidate works through a case and explains the reasoning. Scorafy grades that open-ended evidence against your rubric, so the applied clinical reasoning is assessed, not the rote knowledge.

Written, video, audio or file

Video matters in physiotherapy because assessment and treatment are physical, hands-on skills. A candidate can upload a recording of a simulated assessment or treatment session, and Scorafy assesses the actual practice against your rubric - the technique, the communication, the safety - alongside written work such as a clinical-reasoning case study. That gives the assessor real evidence of practice to confirm rather than a written account.

A qualified person signs off

Scorafy drafts the scoring against your rubric and references the evidence. A qualified assessor reviews every result, overrides anything, and finalises it. The AI score is kept alongside the human-final score as an audit trail, so no decision is solely automated and every result can be explained.

Compliance and defensibility

Physiotherapy competency is clinical and patient-facing, and evidence can include health information, so a human in the loop is essential. Scorafy is built compliance-first under the GDPR and the EU AI Act, and assessment is treated as a higher-scrutiny use of AI. A qualified assessor reviews and signs off every result - there is no solely-automated competency decision. Every score keeps an audit trail showing the rubric applied, the evidence cited, and the assessor who confirmed it, which is what you rely on at review or audit.

Frequently asked questions

Can Scorafy assess a recorded assessment or treatment session?

Yes. A candidate can upload a recording of a simulated assessment or treatment, plus a written clinical-reasoning case study. Scorafy assesses the practice against your rubric, cites the moments that support each judgement, then a qualified assessor reviews and signs off.

Can the rubric reflect a clinical-reasoning framework?

Yes. You write the rubric and the levels, so it can require candidates to show assessment, hypothesis-driven reasoning, red-flag screening and a justified plan. Scorafy grades the evidence against those criteria and shows the reasoning behind each score.

Does software decide whether a candidate is competent?

No. Scorafy scores the evidence and shows its reasoning, but a qualified assessor reviews and signs off every result before it is recorded. No clinical competency decision is made by software alone.

How is health information in submissions handled?

Scorafy is built compliance-first under the GDPR and EU AI Act, with an audit trail on every result. You set the rubric and your assessors control what is recorded, so any health information in submitted evidence is handled within your existing privacy obligations.

See it on your own rubric

Start free, build one rubric, and run a real submission through it before you decide.