[en] Background. Over the years, Physiotherapy has acquired a prominent role in our society, moving from vision as a simple aid to the doctor to being considered as an autonomous body, both professionally and scientifically. The work carried out by Physiotherapy within the Health System is constantly growing, but its role within interdisciplinary work not only depends on itself, but also on the rest of health professionals who can sometimes have an inaccurate impression about the services that can provide a physical therapist. Objetive. Identify the level of knowledge and perception that there is about Physiotherapy in a group of degrees corresponding to Health Sciences within the scope of the Autonomous Community of Galicia. Methods. After conducting a bibliographic review, a descriptive, cross-sectional and observational study was carried out in which it was analyzed using a questionnaire consisting of 15 items, some of which offered multiple responses, to Medicine, Nursing and Podiatry students, acquiring 100 % of responses. The survey could be structured in 3 sections, the first one that refers to personal data, such as age, sex and degree being studied; a second on the relationship of the person with Physiotherapy and a third section focused on questions about the role of this profession within the health system. Outcomes. A total of 292 surveys of students from the different courses of the Medicine, Nursing and Podiatry degrees were obtained. 96.9% of those surveyed see the physiotherapist as essential within interdisciplinary work, 57.9% considered that said professional has sufficient autonomy to establish a treatment plan without medical support, while 55.8% believes that the doctor should be in charge of supervising the physiotherapy treatment. It should also be noted that almost unanimously, 94.9% would be in favor of a training program on Physiotherapy. Conclusions. It woud be of great importance to carry out training programs or outreach activities in the different degrees in order to improve the training of health professionals regarding the performance of interdisciplinary work with Physiotherapy, as well as the work that a physiotherapist can carry out.

[gl] Introdución. Co paso dos anos a Fisioterapia adquiriu un papel destacado na nosa sociedade pasando da visión como simple ferramenta auxiliadora do médico para ser considerada como organismo autónomo, tanto a nivel profesional como científico. O labor que exerce a Fisioterapia dentro do Sistema Sanitario atópase en constante crecemento, pero o seu papel dentro do traballo interdisciplinario non só depende dela mesma, senón tamén do resto de profesionais sanitarios que en ocasións poden ter unha impresión inexacta sobre os servizos que pode proporcionar un fisioterapeuta. Obxectivo. Identificar o nivel de coñecemento e percepción que hai sobre a Fisioterapia nun grupo de titulacións correspondentes ás Ciencias da Saúde dentro do ámbito da Comunidade Autónoma de Galicia. Material e método. Tras realizar unha revisión bibliográfica, levouse a cabo un estudo descritivo, transversal e observacional no que se analizou mediante un cuestionario formado por 15 ítems, algúns dos cales ofrecían resposta múltiple, a estudantes de Medicina, Enfermería e Podoloxía, adquirindo o 100% das respostas. A enquisa poderiamos estruturala en 3 apartados, un primeiro que fai referencia aos datos persoais, tales como idade, sexo e titulación que se cursa; un segundo sobre a relación da persoa coa Fisioterapia e un terceiro apartado centrado en cuestións sobre o papel que exerce dita profesión dentro do sistema sanitario. Resultados. Obtivéronse un total de 292 enquisas de alumnos/as dos diferentes cursos das titulacións de Medicina, Enfermería e Podoloxía. O 96,9% dos enquisados ven ao fisioterapeuta como imprescindible dentro do traballo interdisciplinario, o 57,9% consideraban que devandito profesional ten unha autonomía suficiente para establecer un plan de tratamento sen o apoio médico, á vez que un 55,8% cree que o médico debe ser o encargado de supervisar o tratamento de Fisioterapia. Destacar tamén que de forma case unánime, un 94,9% sería partidario dun programa de formación sobre Fisioterapia. Conclusións. Sería de gran importancia levar a cabo programas de formación ou actividades de divulgación nas diferentes titulacións para poder mellorar a formación do profesional sanitario en canto ó desempeño do traballo interdisciplinario coa Fisioterapia, así como ó labor que pode chegar a desenvolver un fisioterapeuta.