Geriatric and gerontological physiotherapy in focus: a cross-sectional survey of education, clinical practice, and service availability across world physiotherapy member nations
Geriatric/gerontological PT education and clinical practice are evolving, especially at the entry-level training across WPMNs; however, extra effort is required to enhance graduate specialization to cater to the emerging ageing population.
Authors
- Ogochukwu Kelechi Onyeso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8821-4075)
- Michael Ebe Kalu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2070-2213)
- Michael C Ibekaku (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5917-7498)
- Augustine C Okoh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0710-7332)
- Sajjad Shirazi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3996-6772)
- Chiedozie James Alumona (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7788-1120)
Institutions
- University of Lethbridge (CA)
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- York University (CA)
- African Field Epidemiology Network (NG)
- Impact (CA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07045-6
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.22