Covid 19 - Limiting and Managing Risk in a Physiotherapy School

Abstract

The Covid 19 pandemic has changed our working and our living conditions, the environment has become hostile. We propose to briefly present an ergonomic intervention aiming at resuming classes in a physiotherapy school in the Parisian suburbs in this crisis context. The intervention was a confrontation of Covid's recommendations (evolving regularly) with the functioning of the lessons. The main problems questioned were: the school being closed during the intervention there was no activity, how to intervene without observing the activity? How to take into account that the privet’s practices of the students' school have an influence on the health situation inside? Therefore, we imagined with the trainers a phase of perceptive simulation activity (PS) on the "residual" activity in order to have a representation of the organization of the lessons. In a second time, a transparent relationship with the students was established with the main idea "what you do outside has an influence inside (the school)". Intervening in pandemic was new conditions. It was therefore necessary to adapt the methods of intervention to the situation and ergonomics allows this adaptability to situations. In the idea of empowering interventions, the system and the individuals (teachers and students) have adapted, evolved over the course of the recommendations and the appearance of Covid 19 cases. Both groups have probably developed their theoretical, practical and organizational knowledge of infectiology, which is an asset for caregivers or future caregivers. Finally, the ergonomist has also developed and adapted his practice to the singular situation.