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Demographics And Treatment Strategies Utilized During A Service-Learning Trip To A Medically Underserved Region: Guatemala 2019, Anna Chang, Alex Knapp, Holly Roberts
Demographics And Treatment Strategies Utilized During A Service-Learning Trip To A Medically Underserved Region: Guatemala 2019, Anna Chang, Alex Knapp, Holly Roberts
Physical Therapy Research Symposium
Demographics and Treatment Strategies Utilized During a Service-Learning Trip to a Medically Underserved Region: Guatemala 2019
By Anna Chang, SPT, Alex Knapp, SPT, and Holly Roberts, PT, DPT, GCS, NCS
BACKGROUND: Students in the Global Health Perspectives in Physical Therapy elective at the University of Puget Sound participated in a five-day service-learning trip. They partnered with a host organization to provide physical therapy services in Zacapa, Guatemala.
PURPOSE: Synthesize demographic information and intervention plans to educate physical therapists and students to effectively evaluate and treat medically underserved populations abroad.
METHODS: Age, gender, physical therapy diagnosis, and type of intervention were …