SAFE PATIENT HANDLING AND MOBILITY PRINCIPLES IN DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY STUDENTS: INTENTIONS FOR FUTURE PRACTICE.

There is clear evidence that the manual handling of patients can increase risk for injury, however, most Doctor of Physical Therapy programs continue to teach body mechanics as "best practice" for injury reduction. Limited research exists regarding integration of SPHM content into DPT curriculum. Th...

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Published in:International Journal of Safe Patient Handling & Mobility (SPHM) Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 61 - 76
Main Authors: HAINES, JAMIE, ARNOLD, MARGARET, CHIN-I CHENG
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Visioning Publishers, LLC Jun2021
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          HAINES, JAMIE
          ARNOLD, MARGARET
          CHIN-I CHENG
        affil: Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Central Michigan University
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          Patient Handling Education
          Patient Safety Education
          Physical Mobility Education
          Students, Physical Therapy
          Education, Doctoral
          Student Attitudes Evaluation
          Integrated Curriculum
          Curriculum Development
          Course Content
          Occupational-Related Injuries Risk Factors
          Body Mechanics
          Occupational-Related Injuries Prevention and Control
          Professional Practice
          Models, Educational
          Student Experiences Evaluation
          Health Services Research Methods
          Intention
          Surveys
          Interviews
          T-Tests
          Variable
          Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
          Comparative Studies
          Psychomotor Performance
          Reflection
          Learning Methods
          Thematic Analysis
          Manual Therapy
          Combined Modality Therapy
          Human
          Female
          Male
          Young Adult
          Adolescence
          Health Care Delivery
          Multimethod Studies
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Female
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      ab: There is clear evidence that the manual handling of patients can increase risk for injury, however, most Doctor of Physical Therapy programs continue to teach body mechanics as "best practice" for injury reduction. Limited research exists regarding integration of SPHM content into DPT curriculum. The purpose of this study was to examine a curricular model and gain insight into student intentions for integration in clinical experiences. This was a convergent, mixed methods design. Third year DPT students completed surveys (n=33) and semi-structured interviews (n=16). Two-sample t-test tested differences in categorical variables and Pearson correlation coefficient identified associations between demographics, learning activities, and survey statements. Constant comparative method identified major themes from interviews. Students who spent more time in psychomotor and reflective learning activities had higher intentions to use knowledge in final clinical education experiences. Hands-on activities were cited as being most influential for integration of material into practice. An embedded, multimodal SPHM curriculum is feasible to improve student intention to utilize SPHM content in final clinical education experiences.
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    language: English
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