International Rehabilitation Network
Abstract
The International Rehabilitation Network's goal is to improve the quality of services for land mine survivors and other amputees through the dissemination of educational programs and electronic services to rehabilitation professionals. This has been accomplished through the use of information telecommunications technologies and computer-based training. In Year 2, the CIR completed a 10-month distance learning program in Lower Extremity Prosthetics. The curriculum is delivered over WebCT courseware and was made available to 23 students in 11 centers in Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador. The educational material is supplemented by interactive hybrid OD-ROMs that adjust for low bandwidth Internet connections. In addition, the CIR established a field office in Bosnia and completed a Balkans regional training assessment. New curriculum content in Upper Extremity Prosthetics was also completed. The CIR integrated WebCT's distance learning platform with online database capabilities that enable remote network members to perform data management functions through a secure login system. The types of data managed by the CIR are 1) regional rehabilitation center data and 2) outcome measurement data.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA410076
Entities
People
- William Kolby Smith