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Attitudes And Beliefs Regarding Pain In Interprofessional Education: A Multifaceted Dilemma, Annie Burke-Doe, Kayla Smith, Kristen M. Johnson, Anna Edwards, Christopher J. Ivey, Ellen Lowe, Steve Laslovich, Christopher M. Ingstad, Jonathan P. Warren, Susan Mcnulty, Terri Roberts Jul 2017

Attitudes And Beliefs Regarding Pain In Interprofessional Education: A Multifaceted Dilemma, Annie Burke-Doe, Kayla Smith, Kristen M. Johnson, Anna Edwards, Christopher J. Ivey, Ellen Lowe, Steve Laslovich, Christopher M. Ingstad, Jonathan P. Warren, Susan Mcnulty, Terri Roberts

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Purpose: To evaluate entry-level physical and occupational therapy student attitudes and beliefs toward treating a person with pain, at various levels of their didactic learning.

Description: Across health professions, pain education varies considerably with its curricula of pain definitions, management principles, and interprofessional collaboration. The result of this discord has led to a broad range of behaviors and attitudes among health professions and their students, which can ultimately affect a person’s participation in society. Literature supports the importance of a curriculum that addresses students’ attitudes and beliefs toward treating people in pain in an attempt to preclude the formation of …


Perspectives On Teaching The International Classification Of Functioning, Disability, And Health Model To Physical Therapy Students, Cherie Peters-Brinkerhof Jan 2016

Perspectives On Teaching The International Classification Of Functioning, Disability, And Health Model To Physical Therapy Students, Cherie Peters-Brinkerhof

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BACKGROUND: During a re-accreditation visit, deficiencies were discovered in the clinical education curriculum regarding patient-centered care in a Doctorate of Physical Therapy program. To understand the problem and address those deficiencies, the clinical internship experience was examined using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) model as a conceptual framework for clinical reasoning.

OBJECTIVE: This qualitative case study aimed to study (1) perceptions of physical therapy (PT) students regarding their knowledge and learning experiences during clinical affiliations and what knowledge they acquired of the ICF as applied to patient-centered care during their internship, and (2) the perceptions of …