Performance indicators for the physical therapy program’s field academic programs at the Universidad del Rosario for 2004-2007.

Introduction: The Physical Therapy program at Universidad del Rosario has Field Academic Programs (FAP) which are basically aimed at training professionals. FAPs contribute to the acquisition of skills for the development of acting-doing-creating processes in students in order to solve problems in a real practice setting. The purpose of this work is to describe the process indicators to provide useful information for the continuous updating of the courses' program contents. Methods and materials:  An analysis of demand indicators by gender, health social security affiliation, procedure and morbidity of Integral Pediatric, Integral Adult, and Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehabilitation Field Academic Programs, is presented with the purpose of establishing the characteristics of the service target population and providing verifiable information. Results: The results obtained in the analysis of morbidity data in the field's academic programs show the following behavior during the years 2004 to 2007: In the pediatric FAP, the highest incidence was asthma (37.2%) and the lowest was congenital hip dislocation and mental disease of central origin.  58% of users were male and 81% of users belonged to the contributory social security regime. In adults FAP morbidity, the highest incidence was of COPD (23.2%), and the lowest incidence corresponded to lower back pain (2.4%). Most treated users were male (58%), and 58% of users belonged to the contributory social security regime. In the cardiac/pulmonary rehabilitation FAP, the highest incidence was of COPD (40%), followed by pneumonia with 17% and with a lower incidence to asthma with 2%. 54% of users were male, and 91% of users beloned to the subsidized social security regime.  Conclusion: The assessment was able to establish the behavior of the proposed indicators, which will support the continuous change plan for the classes and the orientation of the field programs.