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Enhancing The Patient Experience Through Innovative Quality Improvement Education, Tami Struessel, Betsy J. Becker, Nicole M. Sleddens
Enhancing The Patient Experience Through Innovative Quality Improvement Education, Tami Struessel, Betsy J. Becker, Nicole M. Sleddens
Posters and Presentations: Physical Therapy
The “Patient Experience” arm of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Quadruple Aim is defined by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) as quality care that is safe, effective, patient-centered, timely efficient, and equitable. The IOM called for a uniform approach to health professions education utilizing five core competencies to achieve high-quality care. “All health professionals should be educated to deliver patient-centered care as members of an interdisciplinary team, emphasizing evidence-based practice, quality improvement approaches, and informatics.” Physical Therapy educators have expanded curricula to teach three of these five competencies. We routinely teach that physical therapists practice in interprofessional teams to provide …
Ease-Ing Dpt Students Into The Acute Care Environment, Nicole M. Sleddens, Tessa Wells, Stacie Mae Larreau Christensen, Kellie Clapper, Lora Pieper
Ease-Ing Dpt Students Into The Acute Care Environment, Nicole M. Sleddens, Tessa Wells, Stacie Mae Larreau Christensen, Kellie Clapper, Lora Pieper
Posters and Presentations: Physical Therapy
Purpose: The Early Acute Service Experience program (EASE) is a dual-purpose program that prepares physical therapy students to transition from the academic setting to the acute clinical environment while providing a helpful service to key clinical partners. Methods/Description: This program requirement begins as students are assigned a weekend in the second semester of the DPT curriculum to work with a physical therapist in the hospital. As the first step in their orientation, students complete an e-learning module which focuses on the knowledge, skills, and abilities required in the acute care clinical environment. Once a student has completed the module and …
Effects Of Virtual Reality Intervention On Neural Plasticity In Stroke Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review, Jie Hao, Haoyu Xie, Kimberly Harp, Zhen Chen, Ka-Chun Siu
Effects Of Virtual Reality Intervention On Neural Plasticity In Stroke Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review, Jie Hao, Haoyu Xie, Kimberly Harp, Zhen Chen, Ka-Chun Siu
Posters and Presentations: Physical Therapy
Effects of virtual reality intervention on neural plasticity in stroke rehabilitation: a systematic review Background: Virtual reality (VR) has been increasingly adopted in medicine for recent decades, and this emerging technology has shown promising results in stroke rehabilitation. As a computer-generated simulation technology, VR creates an enriched and gamified environment, facilitate task-specific training and provides multimodal feedback to augment the functional recovery by driving the experience-dependent neural plasticity. Currently, a majority of research focuses on effects of VR on functional recovery and clinical outcomes; understanding how the neural underpinnings of those effects are critical for optimizing the use of VR …
Can Incline Treadmill Walking Protocol Be Augmented By Visual Perturbation For Physical Therapy Use?, Jie Hao, Ka-Chun Siu
Can Incline Treadmill Walking Protocol Be Augmented By Visual Perturbation For Physical Therapy Use?, Jie Hao, Ka-Chun Siu
Posters and Presentations: Physical Therapy
Purpose/Hypothesis: Incline treadmill walking (ITW) has been used in different patients receiving physical therapy. Given the critical role of visual information in human locomotion, integrating visual perturbation (VP) to treadmill training could induce the challenge to patients, magnifying the training effects. However, literature regarding how VP influences muscle activation during ITW is limited. Knowledge gaps exist in whether and how the muscle is modulated by the systematically manipulated visual information. We hypothesized that VP could increase muscle activation during ITW, and larger VP could elicit higher muscle activation. Number of subjects: 28 healthy young adults (20-33 years old). Experiment One …
Occupational Therapy Student Perceptions Of Wellness: Focus Group Findings, Kelsey Lawrence, Katherine Chin, Stacy Smallfield
Occupational Therapy Student Perceptions Of Wellness: Focus Group Findings, Kelsey Lawrence, Katherine Chin, Stacy Smallfield
Journal Articles: Occupational Therapy
Despite the evidence of significant consequences stemming from the intense demands on students, most graduate-level programs have insufficiently considered components of students’ wellness. Thus, the purpose of this research study was two-pronged: 1) to evaluate current occupational therapy students’ perceptions of wellness and 2) to explore student perceptions on using communities of practice as a program delivery method to enhance wellness. A qualitative study design was selected to gather experiences and feedback from occupational therapy graduate students. Participants were recruited via email from a convenience sample of a large, research-based Midwestern occupational therapy program. Participants attended one focus group and …
A Web-Based Intervention Is Feasible For Supporting Weight Loss And Increased Activity In Rural Women With Arthritis, Patricia A. Hageman, Christine Eisenhauer, Joseph E. Mroz, Rebecca Johnson Beller
A Web-Based Intervention Is Feasible For Supporting Weight Loss And Increased Activity In Rural Women With Arthritis, Patricia A. Hageman, Christine Eisenhauer, Joseph E. Mroz, Rebecca Johnson Beller
Journal Articles: Physical Therapy
Rural women have well documented health disparities, with higher prevalence of obesity and chronic conditions, including arthritis. Change in weight and actigraph-recorded data were examined in a subset of 63 of 82 women with physician-diagnosed arthritis who completed a 30-month web-based clinical trial. Repeated measures analyses showed women lost weight from baseline to six months, slowly regained at 18 and 30 months, ending with a lower weight than baseline F(1,62)=40.89, p<0.001, η2p =0.40. Of 53 women with complete data, activity increased at six months, decreased at 18 months, and increased at 30 months F(1,52)=4.14, p =.04, η2p=0.07. Women showed improved change in weight and activity from baseline at six, 18 and 30 months. This study adds support that web-based programs may promote weight loss and activity in a hard-to-reach, underserved population of midlife and older rural women with arthritis