Survey of the Low Vision Rehabilitation Curricula in Occupational Therapy and Occupational Therapy Assistant Programs
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Survey of the low vision rehabilitation curricula in occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant programs.
OBJECTIVE We examined the preclinical curricular content pertaining to low vision rehabilitation (LVR) included in occupational therapy (OT) and occupational therapy assistant (OTA) programs. METHOD An e-mail survey containing questions about program structure and the extent of course material related to LVR in the curriculum was sent to directors of all accredited OT and OTA programs in the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Occupational Therapy
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0272-9490
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2012.005124