The Importance of Theory and Model Development for Building Physiotherapy as a Discipline in Germany
Schouten, L.; Petzke, F.; Probst, A. · physioscience · 2024 · Heft 3 · S. 116 bis 125
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Background Since 2009, undergraduate and graduate courses in physiotherapy at German universities have been involved in the international discourse on the formation of physiotherapy as a discipline in order to establish it as a subject in theory and practice. It has already been stated that it is necessary to deal with theory and model development (the essential core elements of a discipline). Currently, reference science dominates the scientific basis of physiotherapy, as only a marginal amount of (physio)therapeutic theories and models exist to date. Aim The aim of this research is to capture the subjective vi…