Table 1 Participant characteristics and description of paediatric podiatry subject delivery in different countries
From: International approaches to paediatric podiatry curricula: It’s the same, but different
All n (% of 20) | UK n (% of 7) | Australia n (% of 9) | Other n (% of 4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Course content delivered by: | ||||
Academic with no paediatric expertise | 10 (50%) | 3 (43%) | 6 (67%) | 1 (25%) |
Academic with paediatric expertise | 6 (30%) | 4 (57%) | 1 (11%) | 1 (25%) |
Sessional or external lecturer | 4 (20%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (22%) | 2 (50%) |
Guest lectures delivered by: | ||||
No guest lectures | 7 (35%) | 5 (56%) | 3 (33%) | 1 (25%) |
Paediatric physiotherapists | 6 (30%) | 1 (14%) | 5 (56%) | 1 (25%) |
Paediatric orthotists | 5 (25%) | 2 (29%) | 1 (11%) | 1 (25%) |
Paediatric occupational therapists | 5 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (67%) | 0 (0%) |
Medical (including orthopaedics, rheumatology, paediatricians) | 3 (15%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (33%) | 1 (25%) |
Unknown | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (25%) |
Curriculum updates: | ||||
Annually reviewed and updated | 17 (85%) | 6 (67%) | 7 (78%) | 4 (100%) |
Responsibility of academic | 3 (15%) | 1 (14%) | 2 (22%) | 0 (0%) |
Year students are first introduced to paediatric specific content | ||||
1 | 5 (25%) | 2 (14%) | 2 (22%) | 1 (25%) |
2 | 5 (25%) | 3 (43%) | 2 (22%) | 0 (0%) |
3 | 7 (35%) | 3 (43%) | 4 (44%) | 1 (25%) |
4 | 2 (10%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (12%) | 1 (25%) |
Unknown | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (25%) |
Approximate hours of paediatric specific content: | ||||
< 5 | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (11%) | 0 (0%) |
5–10 | 4 (20%) | 4 (58%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
11–15 | 1 (2%) | 1 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
16–20 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
21–25 | 4 (20%) | 1 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (50%) |
> 26 | 11 (55%) | 1 (14%) | 8 (89%) | 2 (50%) |
Content is primarily delivered by: | ||||
Face to face lectures | 16 (80%) | 6 (86%) | 6 (67%) | 4 (100%) |
Face to face tutorials | 3 (15%) | 1 (14%) | 2 (22%) | 0 (0%) |
Recorded/online lectures | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (11%) | 0 (0%) |