Abstract
To ensure effective patient care, all members of the health team should review professional competency and standards of service provision. A questionnaire was sent to all members of the orthopaedic Manipulative Therapists group (OMTG) to establish their qualification and skills, and the scope of practice of Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapy (OMT) physiotherapists. It included a short self and peer review. The results of this study urge the NEC of the OMTG to address pertinent issues that were raised: post-graduate study, international trends, research, dissemination of knowledge, quality assurance, professional image and prophylactic programmes in a primary health care system.
Highlights
M ajor ch an g es in So u th A frican H ealth C are P olicies have taken place over the last few years and have co m p elled all health care professionals to re-evaluate them selves and the role they are fulfilling in service provision for all the p eo p les of this country
T he professional status of degree and d ip lo m a g ra d u a tes are equal in this country
A lthough these results show ed that m ost patients w ere still referred for treatm en t by a d octor or specialist, a co n sid erable am ount of respondents indicated that they w ere often treating patients on a prim ary contact basis (47% )
Summary
M ajor ch an g es in So u th A frican H ealth C are P olicies have taken place over the last few years and have co m p elled all health care professionals to re-evaluate them selves and the role they are fulfilling in service provision for all the p eo p les of this country. T h e results of this p relim in ary stu d y w ou ld be used to determ ine further strategies for research and / or im plem enta tion
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