Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
J Vestib Res. 2009;19(1-2):15-20. doi: 10.3233/VES-2009-0339.
The goal of this study was to determine how occupational and physical therapists learn about vestibular rehabilitation therapy, their educational backgrounds, referral patterns, and their ideas about entry-level and advanced continuing education in vestibular rehabilitation therapy. The Barany Society Ad Hoc Committee for Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy invited therapists around the world to complete an E-mail survey. Participants were either known to committee members or other Barany Society members, known to other participants, identified from their self-listings on the Internet, or volunteered after reading notices published in publications read by therapists. Responses were received from 133 therapists in 19 countries. They had a range of educational backgrounds, practice settings, and referral patterns. Few respondents had had any training about vestibular rehabilitation during their professional entry-level education. Most respondents learned about vestibular rehabilitation from continuing education courses, interactions with their colleagues, and reading. All of them endorsed the concept of developing standards and educating therapists about vestibular anatomy and physiology, vestibular diagnostic testing, vestibular disorders and current intervention strategies. Therefore, the Committee recommends the development of international standards for education and practice in vestibular rehabilitation therapy.
本研究旨在探讨职业治疗师和物理治疗师如何学习前庭康复治疗、他们的教育背景、转诊模式，以及他们对前庭康复治疗入门和高级继续教育的看法。Barany 学会前庭康复治疗特别委员会邀请了世界各地的治疗师完成了一项电子邮件调查。参与者要么是委员会成员或其他 Barany 学会成员所熟知，要么是其他参与者所熟知，要么是从他们在互联网上的自我列名中确定的，要么是在阅读了治疗师阅读的出版物上发布的通知后自愿参加的。来自 19 个国家的 133 名治疗师做出了回应。他们具有不同的教育背景、实践环境和转诊模式。很少有受访者在其专业入门教育中接受过任何关于前庭康复的培训。大多数受访者通过继续教育课程、与同事的互动和阅读来了解前庭康复。他们都支持制定标准并教育治疗师了解前庭解剖学和生理学、前庭诊断测试、前庭疾病和当前干预策略的概念。因此，委员会建议制定前庭康复治疗教育和实践的国际标准。
