Puli Louise, Callaway Libby, Ekegren Christina L, Layton Natasha
Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living (RAIL) Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3199, Australia.
Occupational Therapy Department, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3199, Australia.
Healthcare (Basel). 2024 Sep 2;12(17):1747. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12171747.
Competencies defined in practice standards and frameworks promote safe and effective healthcare by underpinning training curricula and service standards. The provision of mobility assistive products involves a range of professionals, each guided by various standards and frameworks that define various competencies. This environmental scan aimed to identify global resources containing professional competencies applicable to mobility assistive product provision and to compare them against a gold standard. Competencies for mobility assistive products were found in 14 resources of diverse types. While there were similarities between competency standards, such as service steps, there were also significant differences, such as minimum education levels and competency domains. This environmental scan highlights an opportunity for professionals providing mobility assistive products to collaborate and establish unified competencies. Standardizing these competencies could harmonize training, regulation, and service standards, thereby improving coordination and service quality. Additionally, this approach could serve as a model for developing standardized competencies for other assistive products, such as hearing and vision aids, enhancing outcomes across various assistive technology types.
实践标准和框架中定义的能力通过支撑培训课程和服务标准来促进安全有效的医疗保健。移动辅助产品的提供涉及一系列专业人员，每个人都遵循定义各种能力的不同标准和框架。本次环境扫描旨在识别包含适用于移动辅助产品提供的专业能力的全球资源，并将其与黄金标准进行比较。在14种不同类型的资源中发现了移动辅助产品的能力。虽然能力标准之间存在相似之处，如服务步骤，但也存在显著差异，如最低教育水平和能力领域。本次环境扫描突出了为移动辅助产品提供服务的专业人员进行合作并建立统一能力的机会。使这些能力标准化可以协调培训、监管和服务标准，从而改善协调和服务质量。此外，这种方法可以作为为其他辅助产品（如助听器和视力辅助器）制定标准化能力的模型，提高各种辅助技术类型的成果。
