Wheelchair service provision education and training in low and lower middle income countries: a sco** review

E McSweeney, RJ Gowran - Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Improving access to education and training for those providing wheelchair and
seating assistive technology to meet personal posture and mobility requirements, as a basic …

Wheelchair service provision education for healthcare professional students, healthcare personnel and educators across low-to high-resourced settings: a sco** …

Y Burrola-Mendez, S Kamalakannan… - Disability and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose This review aimed to collate and summarize available research literature about
wheelchair service provision education available to healthcare professional students …

[BOOK][B] Wheelchair provision guidelines

World Health Organization - 2023 - books.google.com
These Wheelchair provision guidelines aim to support improved accessto appropriate
wheelchairs, for all those in need, including children, older persons, people with mobility …

Wheelchair service provision education in Canadian occupational therapy programs

EM Giesbrecht, PW Rushton, E Dubé - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Occupational therapists in Canada play a central role in wheelchair service provision.
Inadequate entry-to-practice professional education has been identified as a major concern …

Wheelchair service provision education in academia

M Toro, R Gartz, M Goldberg, P Rushton… - African Journal of …, 2017 - journals.co.za
Background: An estimated 70 million people with disabilities need wheelchairs. To address
this global crisis, the World Health Organization (WHO) proposed an eight-step wheelchair …

Development of a Hybrid Course on Wheelchair Service Provision for clinicians in international contexts

Y Burrola-Mendez, M Goldberg, R Gartz, J Pearlman - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Wheelchair users worldwide are at high risk of develo** secondary health
conditions and premature death due to inappropriate wheelchair provision by untrained …

Integration of wheelchair service provision education: current situation, facilitators and barriers for academic rehabilitation programs worldwide

K Fung, T Miller, PW Rushton, M Goldberg… - Disability and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: An estimated 75 million people with disabilities need wheelchairs globally, of
whom 5–15% have one. Access to an appropriate wheelchair requires rehabilitation …

Comparing the effectiveness of a hybrid and in-person courses of wheelchair service provision knowledge: A controlled quasi-experimental study in India and Mexico

Y Burrola-Mendez, FJ Bonilla-Escobar, M Goldberg… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Evidence highlights a global shortage of wheelchair service provision
education and training that results in inappropriate wheelchair provision with associated …

Wheelchair service provision content in professional rehabilitation organisations' standards documents and contemporary initiatives: A rapid review

M Goldberg, P Rushton, RL Kirby… - Disability and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose We sought to identify opportunities, challenges, contemporary initiatives and
strategies for preparing entry-level practitioners who are competent at the basic level of …