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Teaching ergonomics to undergraduate physical therapy students: new methodologies and impressions of a Brazilian experience

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Barbosa, Letícia Holtz | Pinheiro, Maria Helena Câmara

Affiliations: Physiotherapy Department, Centro Universitário Barão de Mauá, Rua Iguape,48, CEP:14090-092, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil | Psycology Department, Universidade de Ribeirão Preto . UNAERP, Av. Costabile Romano, 2201, CEP:14096- 900, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Keywords: Interdisciplinarity, Ergonomics, Undergraduate, Physical Therapy, Brazil

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0765-4790

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 4790-4794, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

Being ergonomics a scientific discipline based on knowledge of several areas, it is important to use education methodologies that promote critical thinking and reflective during the educational process. The article discusses the importance of interdisciplinarity in undergraduate courses in health care in particular in disciplines that address the ergonomics issue. The aspects of the introduction of new education methodologies, as well as case studies in undergraduate courses in Brazil, are discussed in this study. Based on the literature review conducted, some proposals for action in the interdisciplinary teaching of ergonomics in Physiotherapy courses are presented.

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