Professors And Students Of “Physical Therapy” At UoB Present the Differential Diagnosis 

In a Virtual Seminar Attended by More Than 60 Specialists 

Professors And Students Of “Physical Therapy” At UoB Present the Differential Diagnosis 

The Department of Physiotherapy at the College of Health and Sports Sciences (CHSS) at the University of Bahrain (UoB) held a public seminar, entitled: “On Differential Diagnosis in Physiotherapy.”, in which more than 60 physiotherapists from various specialties and experiences, in addition to the students of UoB, participated on the MS Teams platform. 

Speakers at the seminar included Assistant Professor and Acting Head of the Physiotherapy Department, Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiotherapy, Dr. Yousef Sayed Sharaf Al-Khabbaz, in addition to students of the master’s program in physiotherapy. 

Dr. Abdullah explained the secrets of the hip joint, and the pathological conditions that affect this area, in the light of his experience and specialization in this field in the research of his doctoral thesis. While dr. Sharaf discussed the most important strategies to return to physical activity, based on the latest findings in this field. 

Differential diagnosis is identified in medicine as detecting a disease or condition through the symptoms and signs of a sick person, as the necessary information for diagnosis is collected from the medical history and physical examination of the patient. The differential diagnosis method is based on finding as many diseases or conditions as possible that can cause signs or symptoms until one disease remains as a potential cause. 

The master’s students presented the exceptional experiences that they faced during their clinical work based on the applications they learned during their studies in the program. As the students talked about the description of the cases, the medical history, the tests they performed, and the method used in the differential diagnosis, to reach the final diagnosis, in addition to reviewing the treatment plans for such cases.