Telerehabilitation as a Method for Achieving Competencies in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Residency Training in a Developing Country: A Protocol for a Pilot Mixed-Methods Study.
Carl Froilan D Leochico, Frances Ann B Carlos, Anna Cecilia S A Tiangco, Isabella E Supnet, Sharon D Ignacio, Jose Alvin P Mojica, Reynaldo R Rey-Matias
PMID 36188955WHAT IT FOUND
This paper is a protocol for a planned study on telerehabilitation training.
It describes how researchers intend to survey residents and hold focus groups, but reports no data or results. There are no findings to change practice.
What this paper is
This is a study protocol describing the planned methods for a pilot mixed-methods study on telerehabilitation in physical medicine residency training. It details the proposed survey and focus group design for 35 residents and 6 faculty members, but reports no data collection or results. Because the study has not yet been conducted, there are no findings to act on.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume that telerehabilitation has been shown to be effective or safe for training physical medicine residents. This paper only describes the plan to test this; it contains no evidence that the intervention works.