Wheelchair service provision education for healthcare professional students, healthcare personnel and educators across low- to high-resourced settings: a scoping review protocol.
Sureshkumar KamalakannanPaula W RushtonEd GiesbrechtDavid Francis RusawSelsabil-A BouzianeMelodie NadeauJennifer McKeeRosemary J GowranR Lee KirbyJessica P PedersenTomasz TasiemskiYohali Burrola-MendezMarco TofaniMary GoldbergJonathan L PearlmanPublished in: Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology (2020)
The planned scoping review will be the first to examine all aspects of wheelchair service provision education across professionals, settings and countries. We anticipate that results will inform the content of a Wheelchair Educators' Package, and if appropriate, a follow-up systematic review. An article reporting the results of the scoping review will be submitted for publication to a scientific journal.Implications for RehabilitationA comprehensive examination of wheelchair service provision education could help develop strategies to address the unmet need for wheelchair services globally.Findings for this review will facilitate the planning and development of an evidence-based education package that could bridge the existing knowledge gaps related to safe and effective wheelchair service provision among health professionals involved.This review will also inform the potential barriers and enablers for effective integration and implementation of wheelchair service provision education worldwide.