Clinical educators' perspectives on physical activity and exercise prescription in clinical education for physiotherapy: A qualitative study.
Background: Physical activity (PA) promotion and exercise prescription (EP) are crucial core competencies in addressing the growing burden of non-communicable diseases. However, the extent to which these competencies are taught and implemented in clinical education for physiotherapy remains unclear...
| Publicado en: | South African Journal of Physiotherapy Vol. 82; no. 1; pp. 1 - 11 |
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2026
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