Module Code - Title:
PY5101
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SUSTAINABLE WHEELCHAIR PROVISION
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
The purpose of this module is to provide health and social care professionals and clinical engineers with a solid understanding of Wheelchair user health and wellbeing and the importance of providing appropriate sustainable wheelchair and seating provision systems to meet people's primary needs, both now and in the future and through evidence based practice know about the structures and processes which will support this.
Syllabus:
The syllabus serves as a solid foundation to address contextualised service provision from product design to technology transfer, follow-up and management. The module will include concepts of sustainability and sustainability indicators¿ communities of practice¿ and systems thinking as it relates to wheelchair and seating provision. The module will address issues relating to children, people with progressive medical conditions, trauma, and the loss of mobility in older age. The module content includes guidelines and policy development, both globally and locally.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
Source and critically appraise wheelchair provision research literature, synthesising material and apply concepts to the workplace in line with wheelchair service user lifestyle requirements across the life course
Describe the development of sustainable wheelchair and seating provision processes from a human rights and security perspective.
Demonstrate critical awareness of issues that underpin the application of sustainable wheelchair and seating provision concepts and processes within specific practice settings and contexts.
Present and defend sustainable and appropriate wheelchair and seating provision processes that are relevant to different groups of people, such as wheelchairs users, family members, carers and service providers.
Present evaluation tools to support sustainability strategy for change in wheelchair provision practice in response to evidence.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
Integrate knowledge of sustainability indicators and outcome measurement appropriately for different wheelchair and seating provision practice settings and contexts.
Identify the multi-stakeholder perspectives to meet this primary human need, now and in the future.
Understand the complexity of providing people with appropriate wheelchairs considering policy, personnel, product and provision processes and health and social care system infrastructure and transitional care pathways.
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Module is taught online. Taught providing information and discussion in a flipped classroom approach. Students will work in teams to develop their knowledge and skills towards meaningful application of content into practice. The content of this module is in line with current research evidence and global policy developments and guidelines.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Cook, A. and Polgar, J,. (2015)
Assistive technologies: Principles and practice, 4th ed.,
, Missouri: Mosby Publishing
Lange, M., Minkel J. (2018)
Seating and wheeled mobility: a clinical resource guide
, Thorofare, NJ: Slack Incorporated
Lehan, C. and Saravanamuthu, K. (2009)
Advances in Public Interest Accounting, Volume 14, Extending Schumacher's Concept of Total Accounting and Accountability into the 21st century,
, UK: Emerald JAI.
Checkland, P. and Scholes, J. (1999)
Soft Systems Methodology in Action,
, Chichester: Wiley.
MacLachlan, M. (2004)
Embodiment, clinical, critical and cultural perspectives on health and illness,
, London: Open University Press.
MacLachlan. M. And Gallagher, P. (2004)
Enabling Technologies,
, London: Churchill Livingstone
Pollard, N., Sakellariou, D. and Kronenberg, F. (2009)
A Political Practice of Occupational Therapy
, Edinburgh: Elsevier.
Other Relevant Texts:
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
GCPSWMTPA - POSTURE, SEATING AND WHEELCHAIR MOBILITY ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Autumn
Module Leader:
Emma.Smith@ul.ie