Evaluation of Level II Fieldwork Communication: A Longitudinal Study

Abstract

Date Presented 4/8/2016 Effective communication during Level II fieldwork is necessary to meet academic standards. A weekly tool was evaluated to determine efficiency and effectiveness between educators and students. Addressing difficult student behaviors was also explored. Primary Author and Speaker: Elizabeth LeQuieu Additional Author and Speaker: Brittany Saviers,

Health literacy and the role of therapeutic professionals: A scoping review / Gesundheitskompetenz und die Rolle der Therapieberufe: Ein scoping Review

“…Seven of the 39 studies described results of knowledge regarding HL. Most of the therapeutic professionals, who were integrated in the examinations, were familiar with the term HL (Billek-Sawhney et al, 2012;Galati et al, 2018;Rajah et al, 2018;Wirner et al, 2022), but a lack of deep understanding is described (Brown, 2016;LeQuieu, 2016). Results regarding HL levels in therapeutic students show large differences.…”

“…For OTs, a qualitative study described that there is a lack of comprehensive understanding of HL (LeQuieu, 2016). Furthermore, OTs with low knowledge about HL were less likely to determine if health-related information they present to their clients is accessible and comprehensible (Attard et al, 2021).…”

“…Overall, 88% of PTs in Germany wanted to learn more about HL, especially methods to build up HL in their clients (Wirner et al, 2022). There was a need to train therapeutic professionals in identifying HL needs and to evaluate these trainings (Koenig & Provident, 2019;LeQuieu, 2016). OTs highlighted a lack of strategies for treating patients identified as having low literacy (Brown, 2016).…”