Chapter 5: Needed Competences in Digital Rehabilitation
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Chapter 5 - “Needed Competences in Digital Rehabilitation” aims to support you in answering the questions:
Where are my learners, and where shall they go?
What is the initial level of the learners’ competences?
Based on identified frameworks, the DIRENE consortium developed a questionnaire to assess the level of competence in Digital Rehabilitation. It was sent to health and social care professionals, lecturers, and students to identify their current competence profiles. This approach may interest you if you plan to pre-/post-assess your learners’ competence levels.
-> Link to a DIRENE questionnaire on digital rehabilitation skills
-> Link to a PDF as an example how to group questions in categories
A mixed-method study conducted by the DIRENE consortium via questionnaire and focus groups revealed that the digital competences of students, educators, and teachers, as well as working life professionals, were already at a medium level (able to deal with problems). Strong competences were related to information and data literacy and digital communication, whereas more “advanced” competences such as (creativity in) digital content creation or (technical) problem solving, were less achieved.
The following main learning needs were identified in those mixed discussion groups:
- Digital competences: Knowledge/skills are required in eHealth literacy, communicational skills and technical skills.
- Ethics and regulation: Knowledge/skills are required in confidentiality, responsibilities and the legal framework for the application of digital technologies in rehabilitation.
- Specific Digital Rehabilitation knowledge/skills in areas/fields of applied Digital Rehabilitation.
-> Link to slides of a DIRENE webinar “Presentation of learners’ needs”
-> Link to the video of this DIRENE webinar presentation (DIRENE materials)
Deepening into this, participative group workshops were conducted with working life professionals, educators, teachers, learners, and service users to identify competences that are needed for using and providing Digital Rehabilitation:
Matching the previously mentioned learning needs, they can be categorised to competences in
1) Technology and Information Management
2) Communication
3) Service User and Provider Interaction
4) Rehabilitation Process
5) Financial Management,
and focusing on the professional or student in an internship when supporting service users
6) Professional Development.
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