Physical therapy postgraduate education during COVID-19 pandemic: a Brazilian perspective

Abstract

Since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, new strategies related to remote activities in health education have been adopted worldwide. The main changes in the postgraduation routine activities included the interruption of presential live classes for functional and clinical tests and physical therapy interventions. During this new process of adapting activities especially into an online format, postgraduate students may experience gains and losses in their academic life. As two postgraduation students in Physical Therapy in Brazil, we raised the main gains and losses experienced during COVID-19 lockdown. This knowledge may be useful for academic professionals, students and coordinators of different postgraduate programs, with the aim of optimising the academic activities during this period, taking into account the students' perceptions.

Keywords:

• COVID-19
• health postgraduate programs
• rehabilitation medicine

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflict of interest.

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Funding

JBS is PhD student and receives a scholarship from Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, Finance Code 001.