Current State of Physical Therapist Continuing Education in Medical Facilities

Abstract

[Purpose] We investigated how continuing education was conducted in medical facilities for qualified as physical therapists (PT), and clarified the problems and future issues. [Subjects and Methods] We sent a questionnaire about continuing education to 300 medical facilities. The survey was answered by 113 facilities. [Results] In more than 70% of facilities newcomers were taught by an instructor, and about half of the facilities implemented educational projects. However, the facilities that had a rating sheet and a standard for appointing an instructor were few. [Conclusion] We infer from the results that the continuing education of PT is performed based on the experience of each instructor. We think that PT need a goal and guideline for their education.