Nastasi Julie Ann
Occupational Therapy Department, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510, USA.
Work. 2013;44(3):361-78. doi: 10.3233/WOR-121513.
Low vision rehabilitation is an emerging practice area for the field of occupational therapy. As a result there is a need to develop tools and training for fieldwork educators in this practice area.
Occupational therapists with no experience in low vision rehabilitation participated in the pilot of the tools and training developed.
A literature review was completed in the areas of low vision rehabilitation and fieldwork education. Additional evidence was gathered for relevant training modules, methods, and organizational training and development tools. A best-practice model for specialty Level II fieldwork in low vision rehabilitation was then developed for a partnering site. Best-practice was defined as the triangulation of the research evidence, consensus from a panel of occupational therapists with specialty certification in low vision (SCLV) and academic fieldwork coordinators, and feedback from the partnering site.
After three training sessions, the occupational therapists were able to achieve entry-level practice using the model developed.
While the model was not intended for training therapists it proved successful with the occupational therapists trained with it. Therefore, it is expected that an occupational therapy student, completing a third specialty placement in low vision rehabilitation, would achieve this status during the twelve-week fieldwork placement.
低视力康复是职业治疗领域一个新兴的实践领域。因此，需要为该实践领域的实习教育工作者开发工具和培训。
没有低视力康复经验的职业治疗师参与了所开发工具和培训的试点。
在低视力康复和实习教育领域完成了文献综述。收集了有关培训模块、方法以及组织培训与发展工具的更多证据。然后为一个合作机构开发了低视力康复专业二级实习的最佳实践模型。最佳实践被定义为研究证据的三角验证、来自具有低视力专业认证（SCLV）的职业治疗师小组和学术实习协调员的共识，以及合作机构的反馈。
经过三次培训课程后，职业治疗师能够使用所开发的模型达到入门级实践水平。
虽然该模型并非旨在培训治疗师，但事实证明，接受该模型培训的职业治疗师取得了成功。因此，预计完成低视力康复第三次专业实习的职业治疗专业学生，在为期十二周的实习期间能够达到这一水平。
