Abstract
Physiotherapy profession has emerged as important medical and rehabilitation complement in health care delivery and vital therapeutic tool but there exists a variation in the referral.
Method: A survey based study using self-devised pre validated questionnaire.
Results: Musculoskeletal physiotherapy (97.22%) was most known among various fields of physiotherapy followed by sports (93.80%), neuro (86.66%) while least in industrial therapy (66.10%) and community based rehabilitation (64.40%). Only 2% knew about both pre and post-operative physiotherapy.
Conclusion: There’s need for physiotherapists to educate medical residents about fields of physiotherapy, treatment modalities and evaluative procedures through continuing education programs.
Method: A survey based study using self-devised pre validated questionnaire.
Results: Musculoskeletal physiotherapy (97.22%) was most known among various fields of physiotherapy followed by sports (93.80%), neuro (86.66%) while least in industrial therapy (66.10%) and community based rehabilitation (64.40%). Only 2% knew about both pre and post-operative physiotherapy.
Conclusion: There’s need for physiotherapists to educate medical residents about fields of physiotherapy, treatment modalities and evaluative procedures through continuing education programs.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1460-1465 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | International Journal of Science and Research |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2015 |
Keywords
- Physiotherapy
- fields
- medical residents
- awareness
- referral