Angela Patterson, OTD, OTR/L, FNAP, assistant professor, Diana Feldhacker, OTD, OTR/L, BCPR, assistant professor, Bobbi Greiner, OTD, OTR/L, BCP, assistant professor, Marion Russell, OTD, MOTR/L, SCFES, special assistant professor, and Victoria Bergen, OTD, OTR/L, a third-year occupational therapy doctoral student at Creighton University at the time of this study, all in the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, recently published Telehealth and Occupational Therapy Education in the Journal of Occupational Therapy Education.
Accredited occupational therapy education programs are required to include telehealth technology in their curricula, and an innovative Doctor of Occupational Therapy program piloted a telehealth module with first- and second-year students. Both dynamic lecture content and active learning lab exercises were created to advance student knowledge in the use of telehealth technology and to inform occupational therapy telehealth education.
Results indicated that the students’ knowledge significantly improved after the module. In addition, engaging in lab after lecture did add a significant improvement in self-efficacy of students’ perception of their knowledge regarding telehealth as well as confidence in their ability to use telehealth.
