Hello! I'm the Academic Consultant of a well-known university (De La
Salle University) here in the Philippines. I am trying to help my PT
faculty look for good postgraduate courses in PT. Unfortunately, we are
in an economic crisis and our school cannot afford to pay for the board
and lodging expenses that the faculty will incur if they studied
abroad. I would deeply appreciate any information on possible
postgraduate programs in Physical Therapy that are in distance education
mode.
Our school is also planning to offer masteral programs on the
rehabilitation sciences which will be in distance education format (to
overcome our own geographic barriers). We'd like to develop the
self-learning modules in collaboration with foreign experts in special
fields of the Rehabilitation Sciences. Again I would appreciate any
information on the names and addresses of schools, organizations and/or
individuals who would be interested in working on such a project.
I forgot one last request. I am also trying to develop a computer
training program for our specially abled patients. Eventually we will
try to help them use their training to earn an income. I've also been
given a bigger space for our Rehabilitation unit but with the peso
devaluation we can't afford to purchase more equipment without charging
this to our patients. At present our drop-out rate in PT is about
70-80%. Majority will stop following-up after 2-3 sessions. And we are
only charging 150-200 pesos ($4.00-$5.00). Our health care system here
is primarily on a fee-basis. For employed individuals with insurance
benefits, the rehabilitation program is usually not included in the
coverage. Anyway, if any of you are aware of any organization or
institution who donates old equipments and computers to developing
countries like my own, could you please give me the name and address so
I can write them. Our school and hospital has a foundation that can
take care of this.
Thank you for whatever help any of you can give, Monette (Ramona Luisa
Pablo Santos)
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