Final Year Students' Knowledge on Basic Manual Wheelchair Provision: The State of Occupational Therapy Programs in Colombia
Final Year Students' Knowledge on Basic Manual Wheelchair Provision: The State of Occupational Therapy Programs in Colombia
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DOI：
10.1155/2020/3025456
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发表时间：
2020-04-29
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Goldberg, Mary
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作者：
Toro-Hernandez, Maria L.;Alvarez, Liliana;Goldberg, Mary
获得个人行动能力是一项人权，因此，它意味着为需要轮椅的行动障碍者提供轮椅服务。缺乏经过适当培训的人员是造成获得轮椅方面存在差距的主要原因。提供辅助技术是职业治疗师的核心能力之一。本研究的目的是评估目前的轮椅提供知识的最后一年职业治疗的学生在哥伦比亚测量的国际社会轮椅专业人员基本轮椅服务知识测试。共有来自7所大学的83名学生参加了测试。没有一个学生达到70%的及格线。最高的得分是在评估领域，而最低的是在拟合和用户培训领域。这些结果表明，目前在这些方案中接受的轮椅提供教育不符合世界卫生组织关于适当提供轮椅的指导方针。实施战略，以改善目前的轮椅提供哥伦比亚职业治疗方案的教育是理所当然的。
Access to personal mobility is a human right and as such, it implies the provision of wheelchair services for those with mobility impairments that need one. Lack of appropriately trained personnel is a major contributor to the gap in access to wheelchairs. Assistive technology provision is one of the core competencies of occupational therapists. The goal of this study was to assess the current wheelchair provision knowledge of final year occupational therapy students in Colombia as measured by the International Society of Wheelchair Professionals Basic Wheelchair Service Knowledge Test. A total of 83 students from 7 universities took the test. None of the students met the 70% passing threshold. The highest scores were in the assessment domain while the lowest in the fitting and user training domains. These results suggest that the current wheelchair provision education received in these programs do not meet the World Health Organization guidelines on appropriate wheelchair provision. The implementation of strategies to improve current wheelchair provision education in Colombian occupational therapy programs is granted.