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Background: The purpose of this study was to search the present state of physiotherapy and the development direction of a curriculum for physiotherapy educational program, especially in field of orthopedic manual therapy, in Swaziland. Methods: The developed curriculum is as follows: 1. Disease and Health State in Swaziland. 2. Medical Human Resources State of Swaziland. 3. Physiotherapy Services State in Swaziland. 4. Higher Education State in Swaziland. 5. Development Direction of a Curriculum for Physiotherapy Educational Program in Swaziland. Conclusions: There is no a physiotherapist in Swaziland and Swaziland government which has not a physiotherapy education programme in any university of whole country. So we need to the development direction of a curriculum for physiotherapy educational program for the future of Swaziland, especially in field of orthopedic manual therapy. The reason is firstly, most of people are obesity in this country, so many people complained a lot of joint and muscle pain. And secondly, also there are many musculoskeletal disease patients now a day in Swaziland because of HIV/AIDS. Lastly, Swaziland country is in a poor and developing state, so physiotherapist it is hard to make a purchase and setting physiotherapy modalities apparatus at Swaziland country.

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ABSTRACT
 I. Introduction
 II. Medical human resources state of Swaziland
 III. Physiotherapy service state in Swaziland
 IV. Development direction of a curriculum for physiotherapy educational program in Swaziland
 V. Conclusion
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• Ji-whan Park [ 박지환 | Dept. of Physiotherapy, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology ] 교신저자

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• 간행물명

  대한정형도수물리치료학회지 [The Journal of Korean Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy]

• 간기

  연3회

• pISSN

  1226-3680

• eISSN

  2508-7282

• 수록기간

  1995~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 512 DDC 615