Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1998 Dec;79(12 Suppl 2):1-36. doi: 10.1016/s0003-9993(98)90394-x.
Despite an explosive growth of rehabilitation programs for the disabled in the years following World War II, a national professional organization that could provide a forum for exchange of scientific information on an interdisciplinary basis about multiple disability concerns did not develop. Specialization of research, education, and practice in rehabilitation has increased markedly among basic scientists, engineers, nurses, occupational therapists, orthotists and prosthetists, physical therapists, physicians, psychologists, social workers, speech pathologists, and vocational counselors. This specialization... has caused many rehabilitation-related personnel to seek a central focus of professional interaction through interdisciplinary communication. The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine has undergone reorganization to invite multidisciplinary membership and participation in programs advancing the arts, sciences, and practices of rehabilitation medicine. This report reviews the methodology by which the reorganization was accomplished and records the progress made in restructuring membership, program, publications, and governance. The membership body is now multidisciplinary with full participation in the scientific forum on an interdisciplinary basis by those who are active in and contributing to the advance of medical rehabilitation services for the disabled.
尽管在第二次世界大战后的几年里，针对残疾人的康复项目呈爆发式增长，但一个能够提供跨学科交流关于多重残疾问题科学信息的全国性专业组织却未能发展起来。基础科学家、工程师、护士、职业治疗师、矫形师和假肢师、物理治疗师、医生、心理学家、社会工作者、言语病理学家和职业顾问等在康复研究、教育和实践方面的专业化程度显著提高。这种专业化……使得许多与康复相关的人员通过跨学科交流寻求专业互动的核心焦点。美国康复医学大会进行了重组，以邀请多学科成员并参与推进康复医学艺术、科学和实践的项目。本报告回顾了重组所采用的方法，并记录了在会员结构、项目、出版物和管理方面所取得的进展。会员群体现在是多学科的，那些积极参与并为残疾人士医疗康复服务的进步做出贡献的人员在跨学科基础上全面参与科学论坛。
