I was very blessed to have "stumbled" into a forum organised by the physiotherapy students association (PHYTAS) of UiTM last Friday, the 18th of March 2011. Distinguished guest speakers were invited and they were:
1. Datin Asiah Haji Hashim
Ketua Perkhidmatan Fisioterapi Malaysia (Former MPA president)
2. Mr. Marc Daniel
Physiotherapist from Prince Court Medical Center (Former MPA president)
3. Dr. Balwant Singh Bains
Current president of the MPA
Students were encouraged to voiced out their thoughts and questions for the panel to comment and answer. Since I came in long after the forum has started, I didn't manage to listen to the previously asked questions but these were some of the infos they provided upon further enquiries.
The panel upon being asked "What is the difference between a diploma and a degree graduate of physiotherapy?", Datin Asiah answered that a degree qualification would expect the physiotherapists to have had a research component in their studies. Therefore they would be expected to have a research-based or evidence-based practise. Also, with the researches that they have performed, a degree qualified physiotherapist should have a greater degree of clinical reasoning upon performance of assessments and interventions.
She also mentioned that with higher qualification of physiotherapists, we would not be bound to the prescriptions of doctors and able to provide own clinical reasons for the necessary provisions of assessments and treatments. Physiotherapists with a postgraduate qualification should take up higher responsibilities in gaining recognition for the field of physiotherapy from the different health disciplines as well as from other professions.
Not related to the previous question, my blog of course has been a bit of an issue in the forum and I justified my stand for my first blog post. The panel agreed with what I have said about the predicaments of studying physiotherapy in certain local institutions and Datin mentioned that these problems shouldn't have arise and she said "in paper it's good, but execution is not as in paper". I agreed with her.
Also, Datin announced that she would be retiring in March 2012 and Dr. Bains would love to have Datin as the advisor of MPA.
Overall, good job to PHYTAS for organising this informative and eye-opening forum!
1. Datin Asiah Haji Hashim
Ketua Perkhidmatan Fisioterapi Malaysia (Former MPA president)
2. Mr. Marc Daniel
Physiotherapist from Prince Court Medical Center (Former MPA president)
3. Dr. Balwant Singh Bains
Current president of the MPA
Students were encouraged to voiced out their thoughts and questions for the panel to comment and answer. Since I came in long after the forum has started, I didn't manage to listen to the previously asked questions but these were some of the infos they provided upon further enquiries.
The panel upon being asked "What is the difference between a diploma and a degree graduate of physiotherapy?", Datin Asiah answered that a degree qualification would expect the physiotherapists to have had a research component in their studies. Therefore they would be expected to have a research-based or evidence-based practise. Also, with the researches that they have performed, a degree qualified physiotherapist should have a greater degree of clinical reasoning upon performance of assessments and interventions.
She also mentioned that with higher qualification of physiotherapists, we would not be bound to the prescriptions of doctors and able to provide own clinical reasons for the necessary provisions of assessments and treatments. Physiotherapists with a postgraduate qualification should take up higher responsibilities in gaining recognition for the field of physiotherapy from the different health disciplines as well as from other professions.
Not related to the previous question, my blog of course has been a bit of an issue in the forum and I justified my stand for my first blog post. The panel agreed with what I have said about the predicaments of studying physiotherapy in certain local institutions and Datin mentioned that these problems shouldn't have arise and she said "in paper it's good, but execution is not as in paper". I agreed with her.
Also, Datin announced that she would be retiring in March 2012 and Dr. Bains would love to have Datin as the advisor of MPA.
Overall, good job to PHYTAS for organising this informative and eye-opening forum!
As the expectation for the degree holders are higher, the posts for U41 should be created more. Futhermore, diploma holders also must be involved in research because they just cannot get rid from it.
ReplyDeleteyeah i agree with u azrul. there should be more U41 posts in the government hospitals. Also diploma holders too should be practising based on evidence. we cant expect just degree holders to be still reading up on the newest techniques used, diploma too gotta do that, but im quite sure many is doing that currently. but of course, we hope there to be more clinicians, regardless of diploma or degree holders, to have a more sound clinical reasoning.
ReplyDeletebtw azrul, sila follow blog ye kalau nak. thanx!
yup..skrg nie pom lecrer duk tkan sal clinical reasoning kat dip..ermm..G.LUCK 2 all of PT's stdents..dip & deg
ReplyDeletethanx chu lyen! yeah eventho they always say the degree holders must be great in clinical reasoning, i agree amd dip pun penting kan to have good clinical reasoning
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