第50回日本理学療法学術大会
2015年6月5日〜6月7日東京国際フォーラム
第50回日本理学療法学術大会
2015年6月5日〜6月7日東京国際フォーラム
[ISS-01-2]World Physical Therapy Challenges for the profession
○Yew Su Fen
Where will we be 20 or 30 years from now? How does Malaysian Physical Therapist stay ahead of the game show? The call is for us to have the correct attitude to remain adaptable and sustainable to future challenges. What will the future“drive thru Mac Donald’s generation”expect from us? Physiotherapists have to evolve like the chameleon, to fit into the ever-changing era of technology, science, and information, the health care delivery systems, the environment, and disease burden, the mysteries of the brain and human behaviour and the social and political influence to win the race. I see opportunities and threats of the future as the catalyst force that will shape the future of the physiotherapy profession
Malaysian Physical Therapists is threatened by peer professional challenges such as role overlap and lack of clarity of roles and demarcation, confusion and professional jealousy. Then there is fragmentation of services and unnecessary duplication of core skills among allied health professionals. In the same breath advances in medical technologies and science are opening avenues for new hybrid physiotherapists that possess the best of many worlds-the super strain?
Key words
Future challenges, evolve, catalyst force, new hybrid
Malaysian Physical Therapists is threatened by peer professional challenges such as role overlap and lack of clarity of roles and demarcation, confusion and professional jealousy. Then there is fragmentation of services and unnecessary duplication of core skills among allied health professionals. In the same breath advances in medical technologies and science are opening avenues for new hybrid physiotherapists that possess the best of many worlds-the super strain?
Key words
Future challenges, evolve, catalyst force, new hybrid