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Teaching professionalism: some features in Canadian physiotherapy programs.

Sue Murphy¹, Laura Whitehouse¹, Betsabeh Parsa¹

¹Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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|June 30, 2018

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Canadian Physical Therapy (PT) programs need to enhance professionalism education. Current teaching methods often rely on lectures, underutilizing effective strategies like simulation, and curriculum emphasis requires reconsideration for better professional competence development.

Keywords:

Canada Curriculum Physical Therapy Professionalism Teaching

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Health Professions Education
Physical Therapy Curriculum Development
Professionalism in Healthcare

Background:

Professionalism is a core competency for Physical Therapy (PT) and a requirement for entry-to-practice programs.
Current educational approaches to developing professionalism in Canadian PT programs lack clarity regarding curriculum, teaching, and evaluation methods.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore and describe current teaching practices, evaluation methods, and curricular content for professionalism in Canadian entry-to-practice PT programs.
To identify discrepancies between current practices and established educational theories for teaching professionalism.

Main Methods:

Exploratory study investigating teaching practices, evaluation strategies, and curriculum content related to professionalism.
Analysis of methods used in Canadian entry-to-practice Physical Therapy programs.

Main Results:

Teaching practices for professionalism were often not aligned with educational theory, heavily favoring lectures over underutilized methods like simulation and role-play.
Variability existed in the number and type of teaching methods employed for different aspects of professionalism.
Curricular emphasis varied, with communication receiving the most attention and change management being under-represented.

Conclusions:

Physical Therapy programs in Canada could improve professionalism education by adopting more effective teaching methodologies.
Revisiting curricular content and emphasis is recommended to better prepare students in all aspects of professionalism, including areas like change management.