title: Development of education program for physical therapy assistant in Quang Tri province of Vietnam.
abstract: [Purpose] The purpose of the present study was to develop an education program for physical therapy assistants in order to provide high quality physical therapy for the province of Quang Tri in Vietnam. [Subjects and Methods] Subjects consisted of 9 professors in Quang Tri medical college and 1 physical therapist in Quang Tri General hospital. The survey research to lecturer for education of physical therapy assistant in Quang Tri medical college was conducted as pre-analysis of demand for the physical therapy assistant curriculum development. The priority rank of expectation and consciousness were measured in curriculum subjects. [Results] Results of educational expectation of the curriculum total educational expectation were presented as minimum 4 to maximum 5. In the result of educational expectation according to background variable, the differences of educational expectation on scores according to the educational experience were significant. Among the consciousness priority of each curriculum subject, the priority rank of basic kinesiology and physical therapy for international medicine & surgery were 9, the highest first rank frequency. [Conclusion] The curriculum for physical therapy assistant was developed to 5 main subjects including a total of 420 hours (120 hours of theory and 300 hours of practice).
authors.affiliation: Department of Healthcare Management, College of Health Science, Eulji University, Republic of Korea; Global Health Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jin Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Science, Eulji University: 553 Sanseongdaero, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi 641-713, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Min Hee
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Liberal Arts, Eulji University: 553 Sanseongdaero, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi 641-713, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Joo
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Education curriculum; Physical therapy; Quang Tri province