We got to tour the local PT school, Universidad Mariano Galvez. Adela, the program director gave us an overview of their curriculum and fieldwork/clinical schedule. At the end of the students' coursework, each student spends 6 months in a rural area that has never had physical therapy services. They are required to get permission to start a clinic from the town leaders, find a space to start a clinic, as well as treatment equipment, and build a caseload. I was so impressed with that clinical rotation. What a challenge!
We spent a couple afternoons at the university giving lectures on splinting, team collaboration, and a few other topics. I even got to translate for parts of the lectures and the questions that the university students had. It went pretty well.
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Did you sit in on any of their class lectures? How great to be able to share what you've been learning with them! What a trip!
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