Introduction In order to be prepared for professional practice in a globalised world, health
professions students need to be equipped with a new set of knowledge, skills and attitudes …

Global service-learning brings students, instructors, and communities together to support
learning and community development across borders. In global service-learning …

Background Research into service learning (SL) in education has increased since the
1990s. In higher education physiotherapy programmes, this technique is used to achieve …

International service by students is gaining greater attention at colleges and universities
around the world. Some research has examined the effects of international service for …

As physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) educational programs endeavor to
foster core values of social responsibility, justice, and altruism in an increasingly global …

Background: Worldwide over a billion people live with a disability including 400,000 people
in Ecuador. People with disabilities (PWD) face barriers to full participation in society …

In physical therapy, there is increasing focus on the need at the community level to promote
health, eliminate disparities in health status, and ameliorate risk factors among underserved …

The purpose of this study was to explain how participation in an international service-
learning project during a community health course influenced transcultural self-efficacy of …

Purpose To quantify how often physical therapists from high-income countries (HIC)
travelling to low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) practise outside their scope of …

Background and Purpose. In response to the numerous calls for the physical therapy
profession to position itself as an equity and social justice-centered profession, we are …