[Physical therapy education in Brazil: reflections on the expansion of teaching and training models].
This article on physical therapy education in Brazil focuses on the expansion of teaching, field of activities, and professional profile. The number of PT courses began multiplying rapidly in 1997, but the Sprocess lacked regulation and entailed both privatization of education and a geographic concentration of courses. This increase in both courses and trained physical therapists did not redound in greater access to PT services. The privatist curative-rehabilitation model that has been adopted is not appropriate to the new epidemiological reality or to current healthcare standards. Recent years have seen initiatives to bring change to physical therapy education and build a new professional profile.
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José Patrício Bispo
JP
Instituto Multidisciplinar em Saúde/Universidade Federal da Bahia, Av. Olivia Flores, 3.000 45055-090, Vitória da Conquista, BA, Brasil. jpatricio@ufba.br
D001938:Brazil; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D017145:Models, Educational; D026761:Physical Therapy Specialty / Q000193:education* / Q000266:history