Educating Globally Minded Physical Therapist Students: Curriculum Strategies to Equip the Next Generation

Physical therapist postprofessional education in the United States and Australia

“…33 As PTs continue to expand their roles, they must be prepared to practice in an increasingly interdependent world. 34 International collaborations among entry level students have been demonstrated to be beneficial to visitors, hosts and faculty. 35 International collaborations in postprofessional PT education could address several of the issues the profession faces today 26 while also offering a more standardized postprofessional education format that meets the objectives of both the WCPT and the professional bodies.…”

Global Health Competencies for Physiotherapist Education in the United States

“…Experts from many disciplines have highlighted the importance of preparing health professionals to function effectively and collaboratively in an increasingly globalized world (Battat et al, 2010;Frenk et al, 2010;Arthur et al, 2011;Bozorgmehr et al, 2011;Lattanzi and Pechak 2012;Wilson et al, 2012;Veras et al, 2013a). Strategies to prepare graduates include incorporating global health education (GHE) into curricula.…”

Exploring international clinical education in US-based programs: identifying common practices and modifying an existing conceptual model of international service-learning

“…Recognizing the blurred boundaries between domestic and international problems and solutions, health professional educators emphasize that students need to understand global health concepts (Allen, 2008;Frenk et al, 2010;Houpt, Pearson, and Hall, 2007;Landry et al, 2012;Lattanzi and Pechak, 2012;Messias, 2001;Wilson et al, 2012). Therefore many educators, including those from public health , medicine (Crump, Sugarman, and Working Group on Ethics Guidelines for Global Health Training, 2010;Drain et al, 2007;Frenk et al, 2010;Houpt, Pearson, and Hall, 2007;Thompson et al, 2003), nursing Messias, 2001;Wilson et al, 2012) and occupational therapy (Allen, 2008;Thibeault, 2006), advocate for an increased focus on global health content and learning opportunities.…”

“…Therefore many educators, including those from public health , medicine (Crump, Sugarman, and Working Group on Ethics Guidelines for Global Health Training, 2010;Drain et al, 2007;Frenk et al, 2010;Houpt, Pearson, and Hall, 2007;Thompson et al, 2003), nursing Messias, 2001;Wilson et al, 2012) and occupational therapy (Allen, 2008;Thibeault, 2006), advocate for an increased focus on global health content and learning opportunities. Similarly, physical therapy educators support the inclusion of more global health-related education and experiences in their curricula (Hayward and Charrette, 2012;Landry et al, 2012;Lattanzi and Pechak, 2012).…”

“…However, some resources do exist to guide global health education and global engagement in physical therapy education, including (1) a conceptual model of optimal international service-learning (Pechak and Thompson, 2009a); (2) a framework for development of an ISL course (Lattanzi and Pechak, 2011); (3) recommendations for global health curricular content (Lattanzi and Pechak, 2012); (4) recommendations related to ethical issues with global engagement (Landry et al, 2012;Reisch, 2011); and (5) a roadmap for developing international collaborations and projects (Fell and Kim, 2012).…”