TY - BOOK AU - AU - Joycelyn G. amores. ED - ED - ED - Pantas. 2 (1) : Jan. - June 2016. pp. 37-50. ED - SN - 2 PY - 0000///46 CY - PB - KW - KW - 2 KW - 0 KW - 6 KW - 20 KW - CLINICAL EDUCATION KW - INTERNSHIP TRAINING KW - COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION KW - sears0 N1 - ABSTRACT : PLM-CBR provides internship training in areas of out-patient and of community - based rehabilitation. The board - approved manual for the training program lacks important components. To aid in improving the program , a focus group discussion (FGD) with the clinical educators was undertaken to identify what they perceived as essential yet feasible cahracterisitcs of an internship training programfor PLM-CBR; what clinical competencies should be focused on including their related learning objective and content : what teaching - learning activities and supervisory strategies; and what evaluation methods/tools that should be used. The clinical educators believed that the internship training should provide enough learning experiences within a conducive environment in order to develop competencies related to independent learning and professionalism. However, the identified components focus only on out-patient rehabilitation training with the teaching-learning activities being primarily institutionally - based. Changed should be made in order to provide an introductory learning experience in community -based rehabilitation; 5 ER -