Impact of short-term patient education intervention on the teaching skills of physical therapy students: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient education is an important aspect of physiotherapy. Effective education is based on quality communication and understanding of patients' needs. For a successful practice, it is necessary to recognize the factors that affect the ability to teach the patient and prepare new physiotherapists for this task. The research aims to determine the effect of training on the self-efficacy and skills of physiotherapy students in patient education.

Methods

Final-year physiotherapy students were randomized into an intervention group (52 students) and a control group (51 students). The intervention group participated in 2.5 hours of lectures, discussions, simulated exercises with colleagues, and video examples of patient education. Students in the control group received st

SUBMITTER: Grbavac V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11583431 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature