Charting physiotherapy students’ attitudes toward people with chronic pain as they progress through their undergraduate programme: An observational study
Abstract:Background: Healthcare professionals' (HCPs') attitudes towards pain influence their pain management. Attitudes about pain should be aligned with the evidence-base at the pre-registration stage of an HCP's career but pain education at undergraduate level is often lacking, and negative attitudes can pervade HCP practise. Previous studies investigating change in pain attitudes in undergraduate HCPs are crosssectional in nature and frequently report minimal change in pain attitudes.Objectives: To investigate medi… Show more
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