Family members’ experiences as simulated patients in physical therapy performance-based assessments: A phenomenological exploration protocol

BACKGROUND@#The Covid-19 pandemic caused educational institutions to shift from traditional to distance learning. Higher educational institutions offering bachelor’s degrees in Physical Therapy (PT) adapted to the situation by employing various strategies to facilitate learning online. One of the strategies employed is inviting family members as simulated patients in various performance-based assessments (PBA). In the Philippines, the PT department at the University of Santo Tomas made similar changes in the delivery of its courses. Given that family members are one of the primary stakeholders of PT education, it is important to know their experience, insights, and knowledge gained about the profession of PT after playing as a simulated patient (SP) during online performance-based assessments.@*OBJECTIVES@#This study aims to explore how family members describe their experiences playing the role of patients in PT PBAs.@*METHODS@#This study will utilize a phenomenological explorative research design. Family members, including parents, siblings, grandparents, cousins, and household helpers who played the role of a patient in any PT PBAs such as case presentation, case discussion, and practical examination, will be invited to participate. Semi-structured one-on-one interviews will be used for data gathering. Qualitative data from interview transcriptions will be analyzed using thematic analysis using NVivo 12 plus program.@*EXPECTED RESULTS@#Family Members will offer experiences in role-playing as patients in PBAs. Main themes and findings will be generated from their sharing that will provide insights regarding the improvement of remote PT PBAs.

Flipped classroom in physical therapist education: a systematic review / 中国康复理论与实践

@#Objective To systematically summarize the effect of flipped classroom (FC) in physiotherapy teaching.Methods The following electronic bibliographic databases were searched from inception to June, 2021: CENTRAL, Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL plus, Academic Search Premier, Teacher Reference Center, ERIC, and Education Research. Original researches about FC for physiotherapy teaching were searched. The researches were screened, selected, extracted and assessed independently by two researchers, and, systematically reviewed.Results and Conclusion A total of 1 307 literatures were retrieved, and seven studies involving at least 770 student participants were finally included, which published mainly from 2013 to 2019. The subjects were students majored in physiotherapy, and the primary outcome index was exam results. FC teaching model generally can improve students' written test scores and enhance their high-level thinking ability. Students and teachers generally hold a positive attitude towards the FC teaching model.

Awareness of physical therapy among Grade 10 students under the K-12 program / The Health Sciences Journal

INTRODUCTION@#This study determined the level of awareness of Grade 10 junior high school students in physical therapy education, scope of practice, their source of information, and aimed to identify factors resulting in non-familiarity of the students on physical therapy. @*METHODS@#Grade 10 junior high school students were recruited from three private schools in the National Capital Region through non-probability sampling techniques. The students completed a self-administered survey questionnaire. Descriptive statistics focused on frequency distribution.@*RESULTS@#Most of the 387 respondents were aware of the discipline (physical therapy), with 31% of them answering that their family was their primary source of information. Many thought Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy was a four-year course, with human anatomy being one of the major subjects. The respondents also knew that a licensure examination was essential to practice physical therapy. They also expected physical therapists to offer different treatment modalities, such as exercises, massage therapy, hot and cold packs for various musculoskeletal disorders. Respondents also viewed the work of physical therapists to be hospital-based, with average monthly income ranging from Php 12,000.00 to Php 20,000.00. On the other hand, students who were unaware of physical therapy did not have relatives who were health professionals and appeared to be uninterested in pursuing any health or science-related degree program in college.@*CONCLUSION@#Even though most of the students were aware of physical therapy as a profession, majority of them lacked knowledge as to physical therapy education and scope of practice.

Evaluation and Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education in United States / 中国康复理论与实践

@#With the rapid progress of rehabilitation in China, how to construct the accreditation system of physical therapy (PT) education has become a critical consideration. This article introduced the background, role, management and process about the accreditation system of PT education in United States in order to promote the development of PT education in China.

Evaluation and Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education in United States / 中国康复理论与实践

@#With the rapid progress of rehabilitation in China, how to construct the accreditation system of physical therapy (PT) education has become a critical consideration. This article introduced the background, role, management and process about the accreditation system of PT education in United States in order to promote the development of PT education in China.

Support of physical therapy education in health sciences university of Mongolia / Монголын Анагаах Ухаан

Purpose: To do the support of physical therapy education in Health Sciences University of Mongolia (HSUM), the attitude survey concerning rehabilitation and physical therapy was done to the students. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect and the problem in the future of support of education in Mongolia. Method: The support of physical therapy education was begun in HSUM in July 2007, and the special lecture and practice to the specialized subjects were done in March 2009. In addition, the attitude survey concerning rehabilita¬tion and physical therapy was done to the students in Department of Physical Therapy. RESULTS: Curriculums of Department of Physical Therapy were 136 units, and special lectures and practices of Gunma University were nine subjects, 18 units. In the third grader and the fourth grader that attended the lectures of the specialized subjects, the understanding level concerning rehabilitation and physical therapy were high. Conclusion: It is though that it came to be able to do the multipronged idea because not only physical therapy but also the understanding of another occupational category increased as effect of the support of education. It is future tasks to clarify the understanding level of the contents and skills of physical therapy.