@misc{oai:kawasakigakuen.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000339,
 author = {Masatoshi TAKEDA and Kayo MATSUO and Kenji OKA},
 month = {Dec},
 note = {The number of rehabilitation professionals in Japan has increased 1.6-1.7 times in the last decade, and there are about 80 thousand physical therapists (PTs), about 45 thousand occupational therapists (OTs), and about 15 thousand speech therapists (STs) are actively involved in rehabilitation service. Rehabilitation professionals were enacted by law in 1965 for PTs and OTs, and in 1999 for STs. Initially, training was mainly conducted at vocational schools, but in recent years training of rehabilitation professionals has become mainstream at four-year universities. In March 2021, the 56th PT / OT National Examination and the 23rd ST National Examination were held, and 9,434 PTs, 4,510 PTs, and 1,766 STs were newly born. The passing rate of national examination was 79% for PT, 81.3% for OT, and 69.4% for ST, respectively. Osaka Kawasaki Rehabilitation University is a college specializing in the training of rehabilitation professionals, and future rehabilitation professionals will expand their activities from hospitals to communities, and further to the primary and the secondary prevention. Considering more comprehensive ability among PT, OT, and ST will be required, we will prepare the education program focusing the future of rehabilitation., Review Article},
 title = {History of rehabilitation professional training and current status of training schools},
 year = {2021}
}