Addressing Current Issues in Vision Rehabilitation as a Specialty Practice of Occupational Therapy.

Autor:	Weisser-Pike, Orli, Bray, Rachel, Hanson, Hailey, Johnson, Keelie, Kincaid, Olivia, Mills, Morgan, Ozanich, Cassady, Woods, Kayla
Předmět:	REHABILITATION of blind people MEDICAL quality control ACCREDITATION OCCUPATIONAL therapy students OCCUPATIONAL therapy PSYCHOSOCIAL factors MEDICAL practice MEDICAL specialties & specialists OCCUPATIONAL therapists
Zdroj:	Occupational Therapy in Health Care; Jul2023, Vol. 37 Issue 3, p316-325, 10p
Abstrakt:	The purpose of this paper was to examine the low number of occupational therapy practitioners in the United States that possessed specialty or advanced certification in low vision. The discussion explores possible reasons for this finding, including insufficient educational accreditation standards to prepare occupational therapy students to work with people with visual conditions, lack of clarity on the definition of low vision leading to misalignment with the profession's scope of practice, inconsistent requirements for advanced certification, scarcity of post-professional preparation programs, and other issues. We propose several solutions to prepare occupational therapy practitioners to meet the challenges and needs of people of all ages with visual impairments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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