Selection of Cardio Respiratory Physiotherapy Specialty as a Career Option: Students’ Perspective

Gurav, Reshma; Panhale, Vrushali

doi:10.5958/j.0973-5674.7.4.144

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“…Most physiotherapists opt for orthopaedic, sports or other majors over cardio-respiratory or community rehabilitation upon graduation. 35 It is necessary to raise and support interdisciplinary networks for referrals, which will facilitate development of referral pathways and better utilize available resources. One of the limitations of this survey is that it is difficult to understand fully about the representation of the number of HCPs involved in the care of people living with CRDs to the number of HCP participating here, as there is a dearth of a validated document that gives a specific number of these practitioners.…”

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A survey exploring the needs, preferences, and challenges of the key stakeholders for participating in and developing pulmonary rehabilitation in Pune, India

Sahasrabudhe,

Orme,

Borade

et al. 2024

Chron Respir Dis

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Considering a huge burden of chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) in India, there is a need for locally relevant Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) services. This cross-sectional survey was aimed to explore the interest, needs and challenges among various stakeholders for PR in Pune city, India. At the outpatient respiratory medicine department of a multi-speciality hospital in Pune, India, 403 eligible people with CRDs were invited to participate in the survey, of which 370 (92%) responded and agreed to participate. (220 males, mean ± SD age 56 ± 15 years). Out of the 370, 323 (87%) people with CRDs were keen to attend PR. In a multiple selection question, there was inclination towards paper-based manuals home-based (70%) and web-based (84%) programs. 207 healthcare providers (HCPs), including physicians, pulmonologists and physiotherapists involved in the care of people living with CRDs across Pune city were invited to participate in the survey. Out of the 207, (80%) of the HCPs believed that PR was an effective management strategy and highlighted the lack of information on PR and need for better understanding of PR (48%) and its referral process. The surveyed stakeholders are ready to take up PR, identifying specific needs around further knowledge of PR, modes of delivery, and referral processes, that could potentially feed the development of relevant PR programs in the Indian healthcare settings.

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