Browsing by Subject "wheelchair"

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    Skills on Wheels: Program Dissemination and Fidelity
    (2023-04-14) Havala, Claire; Chase, Tony; Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Human Sciences; Chase, Tony
    The doctoral capstone experience is a 14-week self-directed learning experience for doctoral occupational therapy students. The purpose of this capstone was to advance career skillsets in a unique manner that align with the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) educational standards (DeIuliis & Bednarski, 2019). The capstone experience is client-centered and needs based project, with a needs assessment and literature review completed. The capstone was completed with the Skills on Wheels (SoW) program and targeted the following ACOTE standards: program development, research skills, administration, and leadership. These standards were achieved through conducting research with another SoW site, initiating and completing program development tasks for the third iteration of the program, and creating a program manual outline for dissemination purposes.
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    Skills on Wheels: Program evaluation and modifications to increase the reliability and validity of the Wheelchair Skills Test
    (2024) Hadley, Raegan; Chase, Tony; Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Human Sciences; Chase, Tony
    The Skills on Wheels pediatric wheelchair training program lacks program protocols that support the reliability and validity of assessment administration while also showing a lack of skill retention at one-year follow-up which demonstrates the need for program evaluation and modification to support accurate data collection and scoring to draw conclusions from. This is important as this population faces many barriers including insufficient wheelchair skills training when receiving a wheelchair therefore making it difficult to navigate in the community and with others. This can have a great impact on them and the Skills on Wheels program aims to address these gaps to ensure equal and fair participation in daily activities. Therefore it is important that the skills taught during programming are retained and have a long term impact. The purpose of this capstone will be to evaluate and improve the overall functioning and protocols for current programming to increase the accuracy of assessment administration and scoring thus aiming to address potential discrepancies in data from which conclusions are drawn about skill retention issues. The capstone student developed and implemented an in-depth training regarding the Wheelchair Skills Test and evidence based skill training interventions. The capstone student also developed and implemented a protocol for the Wheelchair Skills Test administration to decrease biases and increase inter-rater reliability through a consistent group of trained individuals who are blinded to the subjects skill ability. Results found that volunteers felt both more prepared and accurate in their scoring than in years past and their confidence increased. Additionally, the scoring results from 2024 showed a more realistic skill range and increase among participants than years past supporting higher accuracy. Skills on Wheels would benefit from continuing to utilize protocols and training developed during this capstone experience to continue to enhance the reliability and validity of the program and support accuracy in data findings. This capstone began a process of program evaluation to continue to identify areas that impact the skills training the participants receive and the scoring of the assessment that determines outcomes of the program and participants.