Health Professionals’ Digital Competencies and Experiences with Use of Digital Technology in Rehabilitation Sector

  • Aleksandrs Grjadovojs (Speaker)
  • Vētra, A. (Co-author)

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

Description

To explore experiences and beliefs of professionals related to the use of digital technology in the rehabilitation sector, as well as self-assessment of their digital competencies.. Data was collected in March of 2021 using focus group discussions that included rehabilitation professionals. A qualitative descriptive data analysis approach was implemented using MaxQDA software to analyse the acquired data.. A total of 22 rehabilitation professionals whose ages ranged from 23 to 52 years participated in the study. Participants represented eight rehabilitation professions and were employed in 32 different organisations. Technologies mentioned by professionals were described using inductively identified digital technology use case categories, which included technologies used for manufacturing, therapeutical activities, patient assessment, telerehabilitation, patient self-use, patient education, patient monitoring, prescription management, patient data management, work organisation management, professional's communication. Experiences and views, perceived results and challenges, as well as factors related to the use of technology, were described. A description of new competency challenges, professional's skill self-assessments and sources used to acquire relevant knowledge was given.. Considerable number of professionals are encountering the use of various digital technologies, and many had experienced remote service delivery due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the rapid digitalisation of the rehabilitation sector that took place during the past year the regulations for telerehabilitation service delivery are still missing. Further research of new challenges and their impact is required to assist development of a unified rehabilitation sector digitalisation strategy.
Period29 Mar 2023
Event titleRSU International Research Conference 2023: Knowledge for Use in Practice
Event typeConference
OrganiserRīga Stradiņš University
LocationRiga, LatviaShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

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