The Certificate of Health Education: a personal perspective

Abstract

The certificate of Health Education is a course of post graduate study available to physiotherapists from any speciality. The course is designed to enhance the awareness of professionals of the role of their discipline in the provision of health education. Having recently completed the course the author feels that it has implications for the physiotherapy profession in that,it offers the opportunity to consider changes in attitudes of physiotherapists to the provision and measurement of physiotherapy services. By offering an understanding of the relationships between professional and client and a chance to broaden personal and professional perspectives, the course encourages physiotherapists to participate in the more thoughtful and constructively critical outlook currently emerging within the profession. Physiother Theory Pract Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by McMaster University on 01/05/15 For personal use only. Klein R 1984 The politio ofparticipation. In: Maxwell R, Weaver N (eds) Public participation in health-towards a dearer view. King Edward's Hospital Fund, London Lyne P, Lathley M, Stone S 1986 The Sheffield Health Education Project-a progras report. Physiotherapy Practice 2: 142 McKcown T 1979 The role of m e d i c i n 4 r e a m . mirage or ncmcsis? Bail Blackwell, Oxford, p 198 Milligan E 1986 Will you join the dance? Physiotherapy 72: 475-478 Ottenbachcr K J 1986 Evduatingclinhd change: strategies for occupational and physical therapists. Williams and Wilkim, Baltimore, p 15 to patient care. Physical Therapy 64: 934-937 John Wiley, Chichater 72: 562 Suppl: 1-12 Purtilo R B 1984 Applying the principla ofinformed consent Seedhour D 1986 Health, the foundation of achievement. Titchen A 1986 Which dance should I join? Physiotherapy Physiother Theory Pract Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by McMaster University on 01/05/15For personal use only.