Open AccessGOLDEN ERA FOR REHABILITATION SCIENCES WITH ENORMOUS CHALLENGES
Author(s) -
Haider Darain
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pakistan journal of rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-3863
pISSN - 2309-7833
DOI - 10.36283/pjr.zu.7.1/007
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , rehabilitation , boom , occupational therapy , medical education , quality (philosophy) , competition (biology) , health care , medicine , business , public relations , psychology , political science , physical therapy , economic growth , engineering , economics , computer science , ecology , philosophy , epistemology , artificial intelligence , environmental engineering , biology
Education in rehabilitation sciences have seen a boom in the last two decades in Pakistan and a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate courses have been introduced in the country. Up gradation of BS physical therapy into DPT program, BS Occupational Therapy into Doctor of Occupational Therapy, introductionof BS programs in Allied Health Sciences including Speech and Language pathology, Respiratory therapy, prosthetics and orthotics are glimpses of development of rehabilitation sciences in the country.Moreover, establishment of new rehabilitation centers have increased in number and a variety of patients with different rehabilitation needs. These new centers might be helpful to fulfill the potential up coming demand and competition for quality in healthcare services in the country. It seems plausible that withenhanced skills of the professionals produced in the field of rehabilitation, the demand of consumers for having best quality will raise and sooner the need of having set national standards for these professions will be realized by the concerned authorities. At the moment, the authorities seem least interested in the formation of regularity bodies for individual profession.