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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 …
Utilization Of Physical Therapy During Student Service Learning Project To Guatemala, Lucas Willers, Hannah Hourie-Collins, Bonnie Cramer
Utilization Of Physical Therapy During Student Service Learning Project To Guatemala, Lucas Willers, Hannah Hourie-Collins, Bonnie Cramer
Physical Therapy Research Symposium
Title: Utilization of Physical Therapy During Student Service Learning Project to Guatemala
Authors: Bonnie Cramer SPT, Hannah Hourie-Collins SPT, Lucas Willers SPT, Holly Roberts PT, DPT, GCS, NCS
Affiliation: School of Physical Therapy, University of Puget Sound
Purpose: The purpose of this project was to collect demographic information for a descriptive analysis of patients accessing physical therapy services in rural Guatemala over the course of a week-long international service learning project by student physical therapists. The goal of the international service learning project was to provide skilled physical therapy to resource limited communities, experience the Guatemalan culture, and develop the …