Table 3. Delivery, teaching and evaluation approaches for each WHO wheelchair service provision step.
| WHO Step | Programs included | Course Format | Teaching Method | Evaluation | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Only part of a course | Only full courses | Part of a course and Full mandatory course | Part of a course and Full optional course | Full courses (mandatory and optional) and part of a course | Lecture | Lab (I) | Lab (S) | Lab (W) | Online module | Other | Written | Practical | Online | Other | None | ||||
| Mandatory | Optional | Mandatory and optional | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 11 | 6 (55%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (9%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (36%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 10 (91%) | 6 (55%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (27%) | 2 (18%) | 2ac (18%) | 6 (55%) | 3 (27%) | 1 (9%) | 3e,f (27%) | 3 (27%) |
| 2 | 14 | 8 (57%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (29%) | 2 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 10 (71%) | 9 (64%) | 4 (29%) | 5 (36%) | 4 (29%) | 1c (7%) | 12 (86%) | 7 (50%) | 2 (14%) | 2g (14%) | 1 (7%) |
| 3 | 14 | 7 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (29%) | 2 (14%) | 1 (7%) | 11 (79%) | 11 (79%) | 3 (21%) | 4 (29%) | 2 (14%) | 2bc (14%) | 11 (79%) | 4 (29%) | 2 (14%) | 2e,g (14%) | 1 (7%) |
| 4 | 13 | 5 (38%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (31%) | 3 (23%) | 1 (8%) | 11 (85%) | 5 (38%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (8%) | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (38%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (8%) | 2e (15%) | 7 (54%) |
| 5 | 7 | 5 (71%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (14%) | 1 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 7 (100%) | 5 (71%) | 1 (14%) | 1 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (57%) | 1 (14%) | 2 (29%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (29%) |
| 6 | 12 | 7 (58%) | 1 (8%) | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 11 (92%) | 6 (50%) | 3 (25%) | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 1c (8%) | 6 (50%) | 1 (8%) | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (50%) |
| 7 | 11 | 9 (82%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (9%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (9%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (73%) | 6 (55%) | 1 (9%) | 1 (9%) | 2 (18%) | 1d (9%) | 8 (73%) | 3 (27%) | 2 (18%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (18%) |
| 8 | 7 | 4 (57%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (29%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (71%) | 3 (43%) | 1 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (29%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (57%) |
a vendors and a wound care day of 5 hours
b case-studies with pairs
c site visits to local clinics that specialize in wheelchair assessment or prescription
d online videos from Wheelchair Skills Program
e oral presentations
f complete a form for a client
g observation during lab and feedback.
Note: Lab (I) = with instructors; Lab (S) = with simulated clients; Lab (W) = with wheelchair users.