Facilitators and barriers to education for chiropractic students with visual impairment

Joshi, A. C.; Ray, Suzanne L.

doi:10.7899/jce-18-14

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“…This study indicates that using tactile methods of instruction supports learning for visually impaired students in a chiropractic program. Our findings are consistent with our previous research that identified overall barriers and facilitators of learning for students with visual impairments (Joshi & Ray, 2018), and other studies that suggest that visually impaired students can successfully complete science-oriented programs when the means to acquire the requisite knowledge are provided.…”

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Tactile Teaching Methods Support Students with Visual Impairment in Training for a Career in Chiropractic

Joshi

Ray²,

Odierna

et al. 2019

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness

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These skills are beneficial in health care activities requiring manual palpation-for example, early detection of breast cancer (Rakow, Lewandowski, Romejko-Wolniewicz, Peklak, & Knap, 2016) and physiotherapy (Atkinson & Hutchinson, 2013). In Japan and Korea, massage therapy has traditionally been performed by blind practitioners. (Beresford-Cooke, 2016; Smith Nicola, 2018), which suggests other opportunities for employment of blind clinicians (Heidary, Gharebaghi, & Heidary, 2010; Siek, 2015). Chiropractors use a number of tactile techniques to check the spine for misalignments, reduce pain, and restore functionality (Dougherty, 2008). There are 20 chiropractic colleges, 18 of them accredited, in the United States, and another 20 worldwide (American Chiropractic Association, 2019a; The Good Body, 2019). Most programs require applicants to have completed at least 3 years of undergraduate study, and graduates of full-time and accredited programs complete over 4,000 hours of combined study and internship (American Chiropractic Association, 2019b; World Health Organization, 2005). The median income for chiropractors in the United States is over $71,000, and the profession has a 12% projected annual growth rate (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2019). Chiropractic has a long history, dating back to 1918, of educating students with visual impairments (Rehm, 1998), and a 2014 court ruling reinforced requirements that chiropractic schools provide accommodations for students who are blind (Jaschik, 2014). Much of the chiropractic curriculum is devoted to basic and clinical sciences. With

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confidence: 92%

Tactile Teaching Methods Support Students with Visual Impairment in Training for a Career in Chiropractic

Joshi

Ray²,

Odierna

et al. 2019

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness

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“…Perhaps the most striking point is that students with VI have faced these kinds of barriers even in developed nations such as Australia (Butler et al, 2017), Canada (Ostrowski, 2016;Reed & Curtis, 2012), the US (Joshi & Ray, 2020) and the UK (Frank et al, 2014;Orsini-Jones, 2009). The results of these studies clearly indicate that there is cause for concern about higher education for students with VI in both developed and developing nations.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Notable facilitators included planning for accessible educational materials, accessibility of workable space, and availability of support systems, such as note-takers. Notable barriers included the attitudes of students with VI toward their education, lack of personnel training, and lack of disability awareness in the campus community (Joshi & Ray, 2020).…”

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Experiences of students with visual impairments in higher education: barriers and facilitators

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2021

British J Special Edu

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This study explored the factors that facilitate and complicate the higher education process for students with visual impairments (VI). The participants were six university students with VI and eight academics/ faculty members who instruct these students together with other students. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and were analysed using content analysis methods. The students with VI stated that they face barriers related to lack of materials, difficulty obtaining lecture notes, poor academic support, reader-related problems, insufficient library sources, and access to and within the university. Positive facilitators reported by the students were mainly related to personal factors, as well as peer and academic support. The academics demonstrated limited awareness of the barriers faced by students with VI, and the academic support available to these students was found to be insufficient as well. The results indicate that there are considerable barriers to university education for students with VI.

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Social support experiences of students and clinicians with disabilities in health professions

Mayer

Shalev

Nimmon

et al. 2022

Adv in Health Sci Educ

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Facilitators and barriers to education for chiropractic students with visual impairment

Cited by 5 publications

References 22 publications

Tactile Teaching Methods Support Students with Visual Impairment in Training for a Career in Chiropractic

Tactile Teaching Methods Support Students with Visual Impairment in Training for a Career in Chiropractic

Experiences of students with visual impairments in higher education: barriers and facilitators

Social support experiences of students and clinicians with disabilities in health professions

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