Telehealth in paediatric physical therapy education: Strategies and perceptions of interns and caregivers of children with disabilities in Brazil.

Autor: Sudati IP; Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil., Monteiro RFL; Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil., Nasser AB; Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil., Rocha NACF; Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil., de Campos AC; Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The clinical teacher [Clin Teach] 2024 Dec; Vol. 21 (6), pp. e13653. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 07.
DOI: 10.1111/tct.13653
Abstrakt: Aims: To describe the implementation of paediatric rehabilitation telehealth at a physical therapy (PT) unit in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic and to describe the perception about this modality by two groups: (1) undergraduate PT students using telehealth during their clinical rotations in this unit and (2) the caregivers of children with disabilities receiving the services.
Methods: Twenty-one PT interns (19 females; 25 ± 2 years of age) and seven caregivers (seven females; 40 ± 6 years of age) of seven children with disabilities (five females; 10 ± 4 years of age; five children diagnosed with cerebral palsy) responded to an online questionnaire about their experience with the telehealth programme. Participant attendance and frequency of objective responses were reported descriptively; open-ended responses were analysed qualitatively and grouped according to broad themes.
Results: 71.4% of interns rated telehealth as an excellent or good experience, and 28.6% did not appreciate it. In addition, 28.6% of them thought that telehealth should be part of the mandatory internship. Regarding caregivers, 85.8% judged the telehealth programme as excellent or good. Both interns and caregivers cited pros and cons related to technology, professional resources, communication skills and caregiver-related aspects, among others.
Conclusions: Specific teaching strategies had to be utilised for implementation of telehealth. Despite being a novel modality for interns and caregivers, telehealth was well accepted.
(© 2023 Association for the Study of Medical Education and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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