Dep. of Physical and Occupational Therapy, The Hashemite University, Damascus Street, Alzarqa, Zarqa 13133, Jordan. Tel 00962796820742.
J Allied Health. 2022 Fall;51(3):215-219.
Vision rehabilitation (VR) is a relatively new field for occupational therapy (OT) in Arab countries. To date, no studies have examined VR content in the curricula of OT programs in these countries.
The primary objective of this study was to investigate the characteristics of VR content in the curricula of OT undergraduate programs in nine Arab countries.
An online survey was created using Google Forms and used to collect the details regarding VR content in the OT curricula. The survey link was sent by email to the directors of 19 OT pro¬grams in these countries and the collected responses were analyzed.
Most program directors responded (n=16). Most programs (69%) covered some content of VR, whereas some programs (31%) did not. Most of the programs that covered VR had faculty members with a degree in VR (64%) and provided clinical internships at VR facilities (64%).
There was significant variability in the VR content, faculty qualifications, and characteristics of clinical internship between the OT programs in Arab countries. These results may help in the development of VR education in these programs and, consequently, may improve the VR knowledge and skills of these programs' graduates.
视障康复（VR）是阿拉伯国家职业治疗（OT）领域相对较新的领域。迄今为止，尚无研究探讨这些国家的 OT 项目课程中的 VR 内容。
本研究的主要目的是调查 9 个阿拉伯国家的 OT 本科课程中 VR 内容的特点。
使用 Google 表单创建在线调查，以收集有关 OT 课程中 VR 内容的详细信息。将调查链接通过电子邮件发送给这些国家的 19 个 OT 项目主任，并对收集到的回复进行分析。
大多数项目主任做出回应（n=16）。大多数课程（69%）涵盖了一些 VR 内容，而有些课程（31%）则没有。大多数涵盖 VR 的课程都有具有 VR 学位的教师（64%），并提供 VR 设施的临床实习（64%）。
阿拉伯国家的 OT 项目之间，VR 内容、教师资质和临床实习特点存在显著差异。这些结果可能有助于这些项目中 VR 教育的发展，从而提高这些项目毕业生的 VR 知识和技能。
