The role of exercise prescription in undergraduate osteopathic education: A cross sectional survey of student and patient views
Item
- Title
- The role of exercise prescription in undergraduate osteopathic education: A cross sectional survey of student and patient views
- Author(s)
- Brown, Ricky
- Abstract
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Background and objectivesThere is an increasing amount of research that supports the benefits of exercise therapy as an intervention for common conditions encountered by osteopaths and despite this, the quality of exercise content in undergraduate osteopathic education is unclear. To better understand the current situation from both the student and patient perspective, the objective of this study was to assess clinical student views towards exercise prescription (EP) within undergraduate osteopathic curriculum alongside expectation and satisfaction levels of patients attending osteopathic teaching institution clinics. DesignA cross-sectional survey study was conducted using both a patient and student questionnaire. ResultsQuantitative results found students had low levels of confidence in EP based on their curriculum. Less than 3% of students believed that they had been taught evidence-based EP during their osteopathic education and almost 90% rated it highly important to improving their osteopathic treatment. Qualitative feedback supported these views with emerging themes being “Exercise prescription is key” and “Current osteopathic curriculum is lacking”. Patient surveys found all patients had high expectations about their student practitioners being knowledgeable about EP and most expected to be given home-based exercises. Of the patients who had been prescribed exercise, most were satisfied and over 90% believed that it had helped manage their condition. Qualitative patient responses supported this. ConclusionsThis study suggests that clinical students highly value EP while at the same time lack confidence in prescribing it, which may be related to the overall reporting that current osteopathic education curriculum is lacking in this area. Contrastingly, the patient survey results suggested that although patients had a strong expectation of their student practitioner to be knowledgeable about EP, satisfaction levels were moderately high overall in regards to the exercise advice given.
- presented at
- British College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Date Accepted
- 2015
- Date Submitted
- 13.11.2018 15:48:32
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 35
- Submitted by:
- 4457
- Pub-Identifier
- 16312
- Inst-Identifier
- 1076
- Keywords
- Exercise prescription, osteopathic curriculum, osteopathic students, survey
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Brown, Ricky, “The role of exercise prescription in undergraduate osteopathic education: A cross sectional survey of student and patient views”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 3, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/2037