Persistent pain: physiotherapy student experiences of person-centred care in musculoskeletal outpatient departments

Claydon, Aneurin and Paul-Taylor, Graeme 2017. Persistent pain: physiotherapy student experiences of person-centred care in musculoskeletal outpatient departments. International journal of practice-based learning in health and social care 5 (2) , pp. 69-83. 10.18552/ijpblhsc.v5i2.411

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Abstract

Person-centred care is championed throughout healthcare and emphasised in the management of persistent pain. Research reports that physiotherapists and physiotherapy students have struggled to integrate person-centred care into their practice and clinical work with people experiencing persistent pain. The aim of the study was to explore physiotherapy students’ experiences of person-centred care with people with persistent pain in a musculoskeletal outpatients’ placement setting, and to understand what affects physiotherapy students’ ability to implement person-centred practice. An interpretive qualitative method was used with data being collected by semi-structured focus groups of a purposive sample of undergraduate final-year physiotherapy students. A thematic approach to data analysis was completed using a cyclical immersive process. Three themes emerged: understanding of person-centred care, learning, and influences on clinical practice. The students showed an understanding of person-centred care in line with current literature. Person-centred care was generally deemed ‘well taught’ at university however this did not translate into their practice in a placement setting. Several factors influenced their ability to implement person-centred care, and this impacted upon their learning and their management of people presenting with persistent pain. In conclusion, physiotherapy students struggled to integrate learning of person-centred care from university into their practice on a musculoskeletal outpatient’s placement. It is recommended that physiotherapy course teams consider their curricula so that university and placement teaching facilitate person-centred learning and improve the management of persistent pain.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Healthcare Sciences
Publisher:	Higher Education Academy
ISSN:	2051-6223
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	7 January 2019
Last Modified:	04 May 2023 23:16
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/118004

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