Policy in undergraduate physiotherapy clinical education: Lessons from the implementation of the framework and strategy for disability and rehabilitation.
Naeema A R Hussein El Kout, Sonti I Pilusa, Natalie Benjamin-Damons
PMID 42110847WHAT IT FOUND
A policy position paper arguing that South African physiotherapy curricula should embed disability and rehabilitation policy.
No patients, no intervention, no clinical outcome to report.
What this paper is
This is a policy commentary that maps findings from a doctoral evaluation of South Africa's Framework and Strategy for Disability and Rehabilitation onto undergraduate physiotherapy education. It proposes four areas where policy could reshape clinical training: resource allocation, supervisor capacity, intersectoral partnerships, and monitoring. It reports no patients, no intervention, and no clinical outcomes, so there is nothing here to change how you treat a patient.
Declared interests
Funded by SASP, NGAP, and FRC grants. The authors state the funders played no direct role in the research.