Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
International Society of Wheelchair Professionals, Medellin, Colombia.
Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol. 2024 Jan;19(1):78-89. doi: 10.1080/17483107.2022.2063421. Epub 2022 Apr 21.
We sought to identify opportunities, challenges, contemporary initiatives and strategies for preparing entry-level practitioners who are competent at the basic level of wheelchair service provision across four key international professional rehabilitation organisations as revealed by their educational standards, relevant guidelines and policy statements, and other publicly available information.
A rapid review was conducted in 2021 from the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM), the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO), World Physiotherapy, and the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT). Additional grey-literature and grey-data searches were conducted to identify contemporary initiatives that may support competency development in wheelchair service provision.
A total of 17 standards, guidelines, and policy statement documents were selected for detailed review. Each of the four organisations published at least one document containing language relating to wheelchair service provision. Twelve contemporary initiatives relating to wheelchair service provision were identified from the grey literature across the four organisations. Six additional initiatives were identified from the organisations' social media accounts. Themes emerged in the areas of contemporary content, opportunities, and challenges.
Global standardisation could help harmonise professional societies' approach to training wheelchair service providers.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONThere is a need to provide more descriptive content on wheelchair service provision in education and service standards and related documents to influence what is taught in professional rehabilitation programs that are accredited or approved by professional rehabilitation organisations.The organisations' networks are vast and may also help to promote additional continuing education in this area.
我们旨在确定机会、挑战、当代举措和策略，以培养具备基本轮椅服务提供能力的入门级从业者，这些从业者在四个主要国际专业康复组织的教育标准、相关指南和政策声明以及其他公开信息中都有所体现。
2021 年，我们对国际物理医学与康复医学学会（ISPRM）、国际假肢矫形器学会（ISPO）、世界物理治疗师协会（World Physiotherapy）和世界作业治疗师联合会（WFOT）进行了快速审查。此外，还进行了额外的灰色文献和灰色数据搜索，以确定可能支持轮椅服务提供能力发展的当代举措。
共选择了 17 份标准、指南和政策声明文件进行详细审查。这四个组织中的每一个都发布了至少一份包含与轮椅服务提供相关语言的文件。从四个组织的灰色文献中确定了 12 项与轮椅服务提供有关的当代举措。从组织的社交媒体账户中还确定了另外 6 项举措。主题出现在当代内容、机会和挑战领域。
全球标准化可以帮助协调专业协会对培训轮椅服务提供者的方法。
需要在教育和服务标准及相关文件中提供更具描述性的内容，以影响专业康复组织认可或批准的专业康复项目中所教授的内容。这些组织的网络非常广泛，也可能有助于促进该领域的额外继续教育。
