Exploring the experiences and implementing strategies for physiotherapy students who perceive they have been bullied or harassed on clinical placements: participatory action research.

Objectives: To explore and empower physiotherapy students who reported being bullied or harassed on clinical placements by co-developing, implementing and evaluating strategies that could be adopted by the university.

Design: A participatory action research design was employed.

Participants: Two focus groups were carried out involving 5 final year physiotherapy students.