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  • Occup Med Health 11: 448,
  • DOI: 10.4172/2329-6879.1000448

Accessibility Awareness, Interest, and Knowledge of Occupational Therapy Students

Alam Mahmood*
Department of Occupational Therapy, Tel Aviv University, Israel
*Corresponding Author : Alam Mahmood, Department of Occupational Therapy, Tel Aviv University, Israel, Email: alam23@gmail.com

Received Date: Jan 02, 2023 / Published Date: Jan 30, 2023

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess whether the incorporation of an environmental assessment for accessibility, as part of an “Activity Analysis” course, would enhance new students’ knowledge, competence, awareness, and interest in accessibility issues for people with disabilities. In this research, we included an out-ofclass training of environmental assessment for accessibility. One hundred and two 1st-year occupational therapy students at Tel Aviv University participated in this research. Of the 102 participants, 56 experienced the training and 46 did not but attended the regular Activity Analysis course. The students explored a typical community environment, during which a specific checklist was used for assessing levels of accessibility. The “Accessibility-Knowledge Competence Awareness and Interests” questionnaire was administered before and after the course to both groups. Students who participated in the out-of-class training showed significant increases in their knowledge, competence, and partial awareness of accessibility and also had better grades in two separate courses that required knowledge of accessibility. There was no significant difference in the results of the Accessibility-Knowledge Competence Awareness and Interests before and after the Activity Analysis course in the control group. The findings of the current study support the contribution of teaching 1st-year.

Citation: Mahmood A (2023) Accessibility Awareness, Interest, and Knowledge of Occupational Therapy Students. Occup Med Health 11: 448. Doi: 10.4172/2329-6879.1000448

Copyright: © 2023 Mahmood A. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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