第50回日本理学療法学術大会

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国際シンポジウム

国際シンポジウム1

Future Perspectives of Physical Therapy in Asia

Fri. Jun 5, 2015 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM 第3会場 (ホールB7(1))

座長:Tetsuya Takahashi(東京工科大学 医療保健学部理学療法学科), Cris Massis(オーストラリア理学療法士協会)

[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