Prehabilitation becomes formal curriculum in physical therapy school
January 29th, 2008 by Tannus Quatre PT, MBAPrehabilitation is the focus on physical therapy services that prevent the need for extended rehabilitation services by approaching the preventative aspects of injury or illness. Physical therapists have acknowledged and used prehabilitation principles for years, but the addition of a “prehab” curriculum by this Canadian school will hopefully begin to frame the expectation for new professionals entering practice that prevention is the only way we will effectively change the state of healthcare.
…students in U of T’s program have the advantage of being in what he calls a “corridor of innovation” because of the university’s close proximity to the largest hospital network and rehabilitation hospital in Canada. While research is still being done to determine where prehab should fit into the healthcare delivery system, Landry says students need to be prepared now for
the future.“The more we can work with our students to understand and see a new perspective on the healthcare delivery system, the better, because they’re the champions who are going to go out there and make change.”
