Jenkins Gavin R, Cunningham Deek, Barcelli Maya F, Meoli Jordan Gray
Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA.
Mhealth. 2022 Jul 20;8:27. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-21-35. eCollection 2022.
The Transition to Wellness Program is an occupational therapy (OT) based program that was developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For OT students, fieldwork is a required element of their training. In March 2020, these were being halted due to lockdowns and the risk to students in healthcare settings. Facing significant delays to graduation for 60 students, including some unable to be placed into healthcare settings due to underlying conditions, the development of a telehealth program was conceived to address this, while still meeting the accreditation clinical/health/wellness standards for OT fieldwork. A group of students, with faculty oversight, developed the theoretical basis, tools, policies and procedures for the program. An incremental launch allowed testing and refinement of the program to meet the educational needs of the students and the wellness needs of the clients. At its launch, the program supported 10 of that cohorts' 60 students to continue to meet the required academic standards and progress through their fieldwork towards graduation. Each student got to experience the "telehealth" model in providing OT wellness interventions to individuals in the local community. Future work will focus on continuing to broaden the reach of the program and measure the outcomes.
向健康过渡计划是一项基于职业治疗（OT）的计划，是为应对新冠疫情而制定的。对于职业治疗专业的学生来说，实习是他们培训的一个必要环节。2020年3月，由于封锁措施以及医疗环境中对学生的风险，这些实习被暂停。面对60名学生毕业的严重延迟，包括一些因基础疾病而无法进入医疗环境实习的学生，于是构思开发了一个远程医疗计划来解决这个问题，同时仍满足职业治疗实习的认证临床/健康/ wellness标准。一群学生在教师的监督下，为该计划制定了理论基础、工具、政策和程序。逐步推出该计划，以便对其进行测试和完善，以满足学生的教育需求和客户的健康需求。该计划启动时，支持了该班级60名学生中的10名继续达到所需的学术标准，并在实习中朝着毕业方向取得进展。每个学生都有机会体验“远程医疗”模式，为当地社区的个人提供职业治疗健康干预。未来的工作将集中在继续扩大该计划的覆盖范围并衡量其成果。
