Rehabilitation Engineering Training for the Future: Influence of Trends in Academics, Technology, and Health Reform
作者:
JackM. Winters,
期刊:
Assistive Technology
(Taylor Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 7,
issue 2
页码: 95-110
ISSN:1040-0435
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1080/10400435.1995.10132258
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Rehabilitation engineering;Rehabilitation education;Engineering design;Service delivery;Rehabilitation certification
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
A perspective is offered on rehabilitation engineering educational strategies, with a focus on the bachelor's and master's levels. Ongoing changes in engineering education are summarized, especially as related to the integration of design and computers throughout the curriculum; most positively affect rehabilitation engineering training. The challenge of identifying long-term “niches” for rehabilitation engineers within a changing rehabilitation service delivery process is addressed. Five key training components are identified and developed: core science and engineering knowledge, synthesized open-ended problem-solving skill development, hands-on design experience, rehabilitation breadth exposure, and a clinical internship. Two unique abilities are identified that help demarcate the engineer from other providers: open-ended problem-solving skills that include quantitative analysis when appropriate, and objective quantitative evaluation of human performance. Educational strategies for developing these abilities are addressed. Finally, a case is made for training “hybrid” engineers/therapists, in particular bachelor-level engineers who go directly to graduate school to become certified orthotists/prosthetists or physical/occupational therapists, pass the RESNA-sponsored assistive technology service provision exam along the way, then later in life obtain a professional engineer's license and an engineering master's degree.
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