introduction: clinical education is an integral part of physiotherapy education and has a special status. during this course, the students gradually acquire experience and prepare their minds to solve patient’s problems. like all programs, clinical education has formed by processes and elements on which some external factors are effective. this study has focused on the internal elements and ext...

The purpose of this study was to assess third year physiotherapy students’ perception and views about initial experience of PBL in Musculoskeletal physiotherapy soon after the clinical placement. The self-administered questionnaire measured perception of PBL on a 5-point Likert type rating scale and focus group discussion used to evaluate the PBL among third year physiotherapy students of the D...

This study evaluated the effectiveness of a health promotion (HP) intervention program among physiotherapy undergraduate students in an academic institution by examining preand post-intervention health perceptions and behaviors compared to a control group (non-physiotherapy students). Participants completed questionnaires on their health perceptions and behaviors at T1 (April 2009–May 2009) bef...

PURPOSE To investigate physiotherapy entry-level students' preferences in prioritizing patients, specifically, patients with chronic pain. METHODS After a group discussion, 249 Canadian entry-level physiotherapy students completed a questionnaire that used five distinct scenarios (fictitious patient cases). Respondents were asked to prioritize the patients (P1=highest priority, P5=lowest prio...

Objectives. Beliefs held by healthcare providers are part of the complex recovery of a patient with low-back pain (LBP). The aim of this study was to investigate the attitudes and beliefs of Irish university healthcare students towards LBP. Methods. Physiotherapy (n = 107), medicine (n = 63), nursing, and midwifery (n = 101) students completed the survey. Demographic data, LBP related beliefs [...

QUESTIONS Have student numbers (ie, intake and attrition) changed since the introduction of graduate entry-level physiotherapy courses in Australian universities? What is the impact of any changes in student numbers on university funding? What is the impact of any changes in student numbers on the workforce? Have student characteristics (ie, gender, country of origin, background) changed? DES...

Purpose: A cross-sectional exploration of Notre Dame Australia physiotherapy students' attitudes toward psychiatry and mental illness, students' perceptions regarding preparation in this area for general clinical practice, and a cross-sectional investigation of current mental health-and psychiatry-related content in physiotherapy curricula across Australia and New Zealand. Methods: A questionna...

Background: Physiotherapy is a health care profession. Physiotherapy plays a significant role in all levels of health. The higher secondary students are potential students for Bachelor of Physiotherapy programme. It is important to have good awareness and positive attitude about various occupation and professions that are related to his/her field of study. This study aimed at identifying the aw...

Confidentiality is known to be a challenging aspect of physiotherapy practice. This paper explores current guidance available to the profession in New Zealand. Using a contentious real life case study from health care practice nine undergraduate physiotherapy students were asked to provide their responses to the ethically complex scenario using the Values Exchange web-based decisionmaking tool....

The essential premise determining success in practising many occupations is biological factor. We consider that it is especially important on the stage of choosing an occupation. On needs of this article one accepted assumption, that future professional preferences can already differentiate students on stage of recruitment and first period of learning. In the work we presented the results of re...