Open AccessAWARENESS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY AS A PROFESSION AMONG PRE-MEDICAL STUDENTS OF PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENT COLLEGES
Author(s) -
Sadaf Shafqat,
Sarah Omer,
Marina Ayub,
Asma Faheem,
Muhammad Naeem Shahid,
Syeda Amool,
Sakeena Rizvi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pakistan journal of rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-3863
pISSN - 2309-7833
DOI - 10.36283/pjr.zu.1.2/009
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , private sector , perception , private practice , medical education , medicine , public relations , psychology , political science , family medicine , philosophy , linguistics , neuroscience , law
OBJECTIVETo determine the awareness and perception of Physical Therapy as a career among the intermediate students of Karachi.STUDY DESIGNIt is a cross sectional study.STUDY SETTINGS AND PARTICIPANTSThe settings of this study were two Private and two Government sector Intermediate colleges, offering Pre-medical and participants were students studying in these colleges.SAMPLING TECHNIQUENon-probability convenience sampling technique.RESULTSResults revealed that only 13.5% of students were well aware of physical therapy as a profession in government and private colleges whereas, 31% in government colleges and 26.5% in private colleges had little knowledge. While 28% government and 30.5% in private were totally unaware of it. 75.7% and 83.5% from government and private sector students responded that physical therapy will be most rewarded in Orthopedic/Musculoskeletal fields respectively.CONCLUSIONSThe awareness of Physical Therapy as a career among intermediate students would help in creating more effective marketing strategies. Unfortunately, a small percentage of the students are aware of physiotherapy and the services provided by this profession which implies that there is an urgent need for marketing campaign.