Introduction: After the regulation of Physical Therapy (PT) in 1969, there were only six undergraduate courses in Brazil. In the 90s, higher education underwent major expansion in all professions and the same occurred to PT, with consequent increase in the number of professionals in the labor market and privatization of education. Objective: To describe the current situation of PT courses in Brazil offered by Higher Education Institutions (IES). Methods: The data for the region, academic organization, situation, period, school system, administrative category, vacancies, course hours and duration were obtained from the website of the Ministry of Education (MEC) and refer to the year of 2013. The descriptive analyzes of central tendency, dispersion and percentage were performed in Stata 9
Trabalhos apresentados no XXIII Fórum Nacional de Ensino em Fisioterapia, organizado pela ABENFISIO (Associação Brasileira de Ensino em Fisioterapia)XXIII Fórum Nacional de Ensino em FisioterapiaXVII Encontro Nacional de Coordenadores de Curso de FisioterapiaVII Encontro Nacional de Discentes de FisioterapiaVIII Encontro de Fisioterapia em Saúde Coletiva de Curitiba4 a 6 de setembro de 2013 - Hotel Pestana, Curitiba/PRCoordenação Nacional:Adriane Pires Batiston, Ana Carolina Basso Schimitt, Arthur de Almeida Medeiros, Dirce Shizuko Fujisawa, Fernando Pierette Ferrari, Francisca Rêgo Oliveira de Araújo, Luciana Carrupt Machado Sogame, Mauro Antônio Félix, Michelle Guiot Mesquita Monteiro
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