To Learning and Beyond
CRS Global Internship Experience brings students to top US, Thai universities
The month of February was a busy and fruitful month for the UST College of Rehabilitation Sciences in relation to its Global Internship Experience (GIE). The Department of Physical Therapy sent two of its students for the first GIE at Seton Hall University, USA. Eight Sports Science interns spent the month learning more about health, fitness, and sports performance at the California Baptist University, USA, while another set of Sports Science students were at the Mahidol University in Thailand learning more and testing their skills. Joseph Alain Cachero and Raphael Jose Maria Eala belong to the first batch of students from the Physical Therapy Department of the College of Rehabilitation Sciences to undergo the Global Internship Experience (GIE) Program for Seton Hall University in New Jersey, USA. They were accompanied by the PT department chair Jocel Reginio.
The USTCRS participants were welcomed by the dean of Health and Medical Sciences Dr. Brian Shulman, Ph.D., and the assistant chair of the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program Dr. Kim Poulsen, Ph.D. Poulsen presented the detailed program of activities prepared for the UST participants. After the general orientation, a tour of the facilities and classroom immersion followed. The students attended a special lecture for Schroth Method and US Health Care Introduction and laboratory activities such as Kinesiology III, Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Skills, and Therapeutic Interventions II. Cachero and Eala presented their internship program while Regino gave a special lecture on the use of Outcome Measure Tool to the students of Seton Hall University.
Aside from lectures and presentations, the students were given an opportunity to observe the practice of Physical Therapy in musculoskeletal, neurological, orthopedic, and pediatrics both in sub-acute and outpatient settings under the supervision of licensed Physical Therapists. This experience allowed them to cultivate their international and intercultural knowledge and appreciation of physical therapy education and delivery with an opportunity to practice select patient management skills.