PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY AND ERGOTHERAPY AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OF UKRAINE

Abstract

Reformation of Ukrainian rehabilitation system is changing approaches gradually to providing aid for the patients of different age at all stages (in-patient, sanatorium, dispensery). Rehabilitation examination of a patient, establishment of rehabilitation goals, conduction of rehabilitation manipulations, further correction of rehabilitation individual program require different multidisciplinary collaboration of different professions in many branches of life to achieve physical, psychological, emotional and social wellness. The article presents the analysis of the current curricula for professional training of students in specialty 227 «Physical and Occupational Therapy» at bachelor and master's levels in Ukrainian universities. The approaches of branches in professional training analysis were analyzed using the data from the Unitary State Electronic Database on Education and universities’ websites. Here, the main focus is on the professional components of the universities’ curricula at bachelor and master's levels. Formation of multidisciplinary approach in professional training of specialists in physical rehabilitation in Ukraine requires from universities maximum autonomy in mentioned specialty according to the standards and recommendations for providing quality in European higher education environment. The possibility of combining the acquired theoretical knowledge of the cycle of rofessional training disciplines in the field of "Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy" in universities of Ukraine with practice directly on clinical bases provides a comprehensive and step-by-step approach to each patient in future specialists.