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      The Development of a Postgraduate Orthopaedic Manual Therapy Residency Program in Nairobi, Kenya

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          Introduction

          There are very few opportunities for long-term, comprehensive postgraduate education in developing countries because of fiscal and human resource constraints. Therefore, physiotherapists have little opportunity following graduation to advance their skills through the improvement of clinical reasoning and treatment planning and application.

          Background

          To address the need for sustainable advanced instruction in physiotherapy within the country, a postgraduate Residency program was initiated in Nairobi, Kenya in 2012. The mission of the program is to graduate advanced orthopedic practitioners who can lead their communities and local profession in the advancement of clinical care and education. Since its inception, six cohorts have been initiated for a total of 90 resident participants. In addition, six program graduates are being trained to continue the Residency program and are serving as teaching assistants for the on campus modules. This training will result in a self-sustaining program by 2020.

          Discussion

          The manual therapy Residency education model allowed for advancement of the participating physiotherapists professional development utilizing evidence-based practice. This was done without altering the current education system within the country, or accessing expensive equipment.

          Concluding remarks

          The Residency program was developed and established with the cooperation of a local education institution and a non-profit corporation in the United States. This collaboration has facilitated the advancement of orthopedic clinical standards in the country and will, hopefully, one day serve an as a template for future programs.

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                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Front Public Health
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Front Public Health
                Journal ID (publisher-id): Front. Public Health
                Title: Frontiers in Public Health
                Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
                ISSN (Electronic): 2296-2565
                Publication date (Electronic): 30 June 2017
                Publication date Collection: 2017
                Volume: 5
                Electronic Location Identifier: 153
                Affiliations
                [1] 1Department of Physical Therapy, Radford University , Roanoke, VA, United States
                [2] 2The Jackson Clinics Foundation, Inc. , Middleburg, VA, United States
                [3] 3Department of Physiotherapy, Kenya Medical Training College , Nairobi, Kenya
                [4] 4Department of Physical Therapy, University of Evansville , Evansville, IN, United States
                Author notes

                Edited by: Jennifer Gail Audette, University of Rhode Island, United States

                Reviewed by: Darrell Lee Hudson, Washington University in St. Louis, United States; Patrick Stephen Cross, Briar Cliff University, United States

                *Correspondence: Shala Cunningham, scunningham4@ 123456radford.edu

                Specialty section: This article was submitted to Public Health Education and Promotion, a section of the journal Frontiers in Public Health

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                DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00153
                PMC ID: 5491542
                SO-VID: f96942d6-41fa-4f0d-9850-b7e4e0f055be
                Copyright © Copyright © 2017 Cunningham, Jackson, Muli and McFelea.
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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                Date received : 20 January 2017
                Date accepted : 15 June 2017
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 8, Pages: 4, Words: 2761
                Categories
                Subject: Public Health
                Subject: Community Case Study

                Keywords: residency program,kenya,clinical reasoning,physiotherapy,manual therapy
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                Keywords: residency program, kenya, clinical reasoning, physiotherapy, manual therapy

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