TY - JOUR 
A1 - Rodríguez Costa, Isabel
AU - González Rivera, María Dolores
AU - Ortega, Catherina
AU - Llabrés Mateu, Joana Marina
AU - Blanco Morales, María
AU - Abuín Porras, Vanesa
AU - Díaz Pulido, Belén
T1 - Professional and Personal Physical Therapist Development through Service Learning in Collaboration with a Prisoner Reinsertion Program: A Qualitative Study
Y1 - 2020
SN - 1660-4601
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/11230
AB - There is a great concern whether Physical Therapy students upon completion of their educational program are ready and equipped with the requisite skills to construct and implement a successful patient intervention with culturally diverse groups. The purpose of this study is to describe the professional and personal physical therapist development of Physical Therapy students after participating in Solidarity Activities in Collaboration with a Prisoner reinsertion program as a service-learning course. A qualitative approach was used. A convenience sample of twenty physical therapy students doing service learning and one teaching professor were included. Student diaries were analyzed. Semi-structured interviews were done to explore five students' and the professor's judgements. Internal and external observations and filling out structure field-notes were also used as data triangulation in order to build the conceptual model. The main findings include that the application of knowledge and practice of skills in different environments are the most important skills attained with this service learning. Five key themes emerged from the data analysis, namely: application of knowledge, adaptation to different environments, improving communication with patients, assisting people and providing treatment with self-confidence. A recommendation is that Physical Therapy programs include workplace practice in different environments to enhance the development of professionalism among students.
KW - Fisioterapia
KW - Personal paramédico
KW - Salud
KW - Aprendizaje
LA - eng
ER -