Ƙungiyar Kula da Jiki ta Najeriya

The Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (**NSP**) kungiya ce ta ƙwararru ta ƙasa da ke wakiltar likitocin likitocin Najeriya da kuma likitocin da ke aiki a Najeriya. An kaddamarwa da kungiyar ne a ranar 29 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1959 a wani taron da aka gudanar a Sashen Physiotherapy na Asibitin Kwalejin Jami'ar, Ibadan ta ƙungiyar 'yan Najeriya da' yan Birtaniya Physiotherapists.

An gudanar da Babban Taron farko na Society a ranar 28 ga Nuwamba 1959 a Legas a gidan likitan jiki. Mutane goma sha shida ne suka halarci ciki har da mambobin da suka kafa. A cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci (1961-1962) Gwamnatin Tarayya da sauran Gwamnatocin Yankin sun amince da al'umma. Ita ce kawai jikin da ke da ikon yin shawarwari tare da gwamnatoci. Sashen jihohi na al'umma sun fito ne bayan 'yan shekaru.

## Ƙungiyar Duniya don Magungunan Jiki
An sanar da wanzuwar NSP a cikin 1960 ga Ƙungiyar Duniya don Magungunan Jiki (WCPT) tare da ra'ayin zama memba.

A aikace-aikacen, an ba da NSP memba na wucin gadi a shekarar 1966. An gayyace shi a shekarar 1967 zuwa taron kasa da kasa na 5 na WCPT wanda ya faru a Melbourne, Australia. Mambobin NSP guda uku, Mista Ajao, Kehinde, da Mrs. Aboderin, sun halarci taron inda aka shigar da NSP a matsayin cikakken memba na WCPT a ranar 18 ga Mayu 1967. Tun daga wannan lokacin, mambobin NSP sun halarci taron kasa da kasa da WCPT ta gudanar, tare da wasu mukamai a kwamitin zartarwa.

## Tarihin ilimin physiotherapy
An shigo da sana'ar physiotherapy zuwa Najeriya a cikin 1945 ta hanyar likitocin likitoci biyu na Burtaniya, Miss Manfield, da Mista Williams, kuma wurin shi ne Royal (yanzu National) Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Najeriya. Gwamnatin Najeriya ta yi amfani da su kuma an tuhume su da alhakin kula da sojoji na Najeriya da suka ji rauni da nakasassu waɗanda suka dawo gida daga Burma da sauran fagen yaƙi a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, da kuma fara shirin horo a cikin physiotherapy (Oshin, 1986). Kamar Burtaniya, Ostiraliya, da Amurka, ilimin physiotherapy a Najeriya ya fara ne a cikin asibitin. Masu ilimin likitancin likitancin Burtaniya guda biyu (Miss Manfield da Mista Williams) da gwamnatin Najeriya ta yi amfani da su, sun ƙaddamar da shirin difloma na shekaru uku don horar da mataimakan likitancin. Da yawa daga cikin mutanen da suka kammala karatu daga shirin daga baya sun ci gaba da zuwa Burtaniya don ci gaba da karatu don zama Chartered Physiotherapists. A ƙarshe, an dakatar da shirin horo a Igbobi, kuma an fara shirin digiri.

Binciken ƙwarewa a cikin ilimin physiotherapy a Najeriya an tsara shi, shekaru da yawa da suka gabata, ta hanyar shawarar NSP don inganta shirin horar da physiotherapy na farko da ke cikin Royal (Yanzu National) Orthopedic Hospital a Igbobi, Legas zuwa tsarin jami'a (Oshin, 1986). An ƙaddamar da Bachelor of Science a cikin physiotherapy (BSc-PT) a Jami'ar Ibadan (UI) a watan Oktoba 1966. Shirin UI ya biyo baya a cikin 1971 ta Kwalejin Medicine, Jami'ar Legas (CMUL) shirin difloma wanda aka ɗaukaka zuwa shirin digiri a cikin 1977. An kaddamar da shirin digiri na farko na Medical Rehabilitation-Physiotherapy (BMR-PT) a 1977 a Jami'ar Ile-Ife, a yau Jami'ar Obafemi Awolowo (OAU). 

An tsara tsarin karatun UI da CMUL bayan tsarin ilimin Burtaniya. Wannan ci gaban ba abin mamaki ba ne, saboda malaman likitanci na farko a Najeriya, Dokta Abayomi Oshin, da marigayi Mataimakin Farfesa Gabriel Odia, sun sami ilimin sana'a na farko (MCSP da Diploma na Malami) daga Burtaniya. Sabanin haka, tsarin karatun BMR-PT a OAU ya bi tsarin tsarin karatun wanda shine al'ada a jami'o'in Amurka da Kanada. Marigayi Farfesa Vincent Nwuga ne ya tsara tsarin karatun OAU, wanda ya sami ilimin sana'a daga jami'o'in Burtaniya, Kanada, da Amurka.

Between 1966 and 1997, physiotherapy education in Nigeria was a four-year program leading to a Bachelor of Science degree. In 1998, the curriculum in all the Universities was upgraded to a five-year professional Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT) or a BMR-PT degree. Also, graduates were mandated to complete a one-year clinical internship before being granted a license to practice. The period between 1985 and 2004 witnessed the development of the second generation of physiotherapy education programs in the country. Going forward, the period between 2013 and 2016 marked the third generation of physiotherapy education programs in Nigeria. The first master's degree program in physiotherapy in Nigeria was initiated at OAU in 1985. Mrs. Mabogunje, the first program graduate, completed her degree in 1987. The first Ph.D. degree program in physiotherapy in Nigeria was launched at the UI in 1997 where the first graduate of the program, Dr. T.K. Hamzat, graduated in 2000. Today, six of the twelve Nigerian universities offering physiotherapy education programs provide post-professional (MS and Ph.D.) degrees in physiotherapy (Balogun et al., 2016 a & b). Despite these critical strides, the entry-level education for physiotherapy practice in Nigeria is still at the baccalaureate degree level. The yearning for entry-level DPT education by Nigerian physiotherapists has been in the offing for more than two decades. A proposal submitted to the National Universities Commission by the NSP and Medical Rehabilitation Therapist Board (MRTB) is awaiting approval. &#x5B;**&#x5D;

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