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Taylor, Teri – Research in Learning Technology, 2012
Currently, many placement-based health programme students within the UK are supported through face-to-face visits from university staff. Whilst cited in literature as being of value, the face-to-face nature of this contact is not supported. Alternatives including video-based communications methods offer the potential for cost effective,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Teacher Attitudes
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Cheung, Vivian H. Y.; Salih, Salih A.; Crouch, Alisa; Karunanithi, Mohanraj K.; Gray, Len – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2012
The aim of this study is to determine whether clinicians' estimates of patients' walking time agree with those determined by accelerometer devices. The walking time was measured using a waist-mounted accelerometer device everyday during the patients' waking hours. At each weekly meeting, clinicians estimated the patients' average daily walking…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Physical Activities, Older Adults, Patients
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Ferriero, Giorgio; Caligari, Marco; Ronconi, Gianpaolo; Franchignoni, Franco – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2012
This report describes a 63-year-old woman with Parkinson's disease showing loss of intelligibility of speech and severely impaired handwriting, despite undergoing physical and speech therapies. As the patient had sufficient residual motor abilities and adequate cognitive function and motivation, a computer-based communication aid with a software…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Leisure Time, Quality of Life, Diseases
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Moore, W. Allen; Smith, A. Russell – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2012
Purpose: Multimedia is an effective tool to teach psychomotor skills to health care students. Video podcasting is a next step as educators seek methods to present psychomotor skills efficiently. The purposes of this pilot study were (1) compare the effectiveness of video podcasting to live demonstration for teaching psychomotor skills to Doctor of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physical Therapy, Video Technology, Psychomotor Skills
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Grover, Kenda S. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2014
This study employed qualitative research methodology to explore the experiences of mothers who self-directed their learning following their child's stroke diagnosis. Paediatric stroke, although rare, is among the top 10 causes of death in children in the USA, but information about the cause, treatment and long-term impact are difficult to…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Independent Study, Mothers, Pediatrics
Bolding, Deborah J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This basic qualitative study explored factors that influenced the development of professional role behaviors of nurses, occupational and physical therapists who were characterized as exemplars in the acute hospital setting. The participants, four occupational therapists, four nurses, and four physical therapists were interviewed using a…
Descriptors: Role, Allied Health Personnel, Nurses, Physical Therapy
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Snodgrass, Suzanne J.; Ashby, Samantha E.; Rivett, Darren A.; Russell, Trevor – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2014
Assessment of practical clinical skills is essential in the health fields. Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCEs), where examiners assess students performing clinical procedures on simulated patients (actors), are central to the evaluation of practical skills. However, traditional OSCEs require considerable time-investment to administer, and…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Medical Education, Medical Students, Physical Therapy
AlThukair, Danah Khalid – Online Submission, 2014
This paper reviews two training and internship programs of the College of Applied Medical Science in Saudi Arabia against the standards of the National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment (NCAAA) to see how well the programs come in their quest for accreditation. Disclosures by students, interns, alumni, coordinators, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Assessment
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George, Deborah A. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2012
With the motivation for career advancement, many adult learners have chosen to return to graduate education or professional programs. The bridge program is one relatively new alternative curricular model available for adult learners who wish to build on their education within their chosen profession. Evidence on the effectiveness of such programs…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Program Effectiveness
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Stainsby, Kate; Bannigan, Katrina – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2012
Physiotherapy became a graduate profession in the 1990s marking a shift from "training" to "education". This means students are required to develop as reflective, innovative and autonomous practitioners. Traditional work-based learning has remained a key component in the curricula of physiotherapy programmes in higher…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Health Services, Action Research, Learning Strategies
Willgens, Annette – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Mindfulness, a purposeful and nonjudgmental awareness of internal affective states, is emerging rapidly in the field of occupational therapy and medicine, but has not yet gained credibility in the education of the physical therapy profession. Some students lack the self-awareness needed to act on professional values, which prevents them from…
Descriptors: Physical Therapy, Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinical Experience, Allied Health Personnel
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Cidav, Zuleyha; Lawer, Lindsay; Marcus, Steven C.; Mandell, David S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
This study examined differences by age in service use and associated expenditures during 2005 for Medicaid-enrolled children with autism spectrum disorders. Aging was associated with significantly higher use and costs for restrictive, institution-based care and lower use and costs for community-based therapeutic services. Total expenditures…
Descriptors: Health Services, Physical Therapy, Autism, Speech Therapy
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Sullivan-Marx, Eileen M.; Mangione, Kathleen K.; Ackerson, Theimann; Sidorov, Ingrid; Maislin, Greg; Volpe, Stella L.; Craik, Rebecca – Gerontologist, 2011
Purpose: This study examined employment of specific recruitment and retention strategies in a study evaluating outcomes of a moderate activity exercise program for older African American women with functional impairments attending a Program for All-Inclusive Care of Elders (PACE). Design and Methods: Recruitment and retention strategies focused on…
Descriptors: Exercise, Females, Physical Therapy, Researchers
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Buesch, Francisca Eugster – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2010
The objective of this pilot study was to investigate the feasibility of constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) in children with obstetric brachial plexus palsy and receive preliminary information about functional improvements. Two patients (age 12 years) with obstetric brachial plexus palsy were included for a 126-h home-based CIMT…
Descriptors: Physical Therapy, Congenital Impairments, Neurological Impairments, Children
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Nicole, Madelyn; Fairbrother, Michele; Nagarajan, Srivalli Vilapakkam; Blackford, Julia; Sheepway, Lyndal; Penman, Merrolee; McAllister, Lindy – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2015
Through a collaborative university-hospital partnership, a student-led service model (SLS-model) was implemented to increase student placement capacity within a physiotherapy department of a 150 bed Sydney hospital. This study investigates the perceived barriers and enablers to increasing student placement capacity through student-led services…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Service Learning, Work Experience Programs
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