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Assessment of learning powered mobility use—Applying grounded theory to occupational performance

This study aims to merge and modify existing learning tools and develop learning strategies for powered mobility use. The new assessment tool focuses on the whole continuum of learning process, from novice to expert, and has been successfully used in clinical practice in the UK and Sweden.

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Assessment of learning powered mobility use—Applying grounded theory to occupational performance

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  1. Assessment of learning powered mobility use—Applying grounded theory to occupational performance Lisbeth Nilsson, PhD, OTR; Josephine Durkin, PhD, DipCOT

  2. Aim • To merge and modify existing learning tools and further develop learning strategies for powered mobility. • Relevance • Powered mobility use is an area of occupational performance that develops as a result of practice. • A learning continuum allows clinicians to assess where learner is in process.

  3. Method • We undertook rigorous process of comparative reanalysis that included merging, modifying, and expanding our previous research findings. • A new instrument (plus its facilitating strategies) emerged from revisits to our existing rich account of data taken from real environment powered mobility practice over an extensive time period.

  4. Results • Instrument descriptors, categories, phases, and stages help facilitator assess phase and plot occupational performance, providing learner with just-right challenge through learning process. • Facilitating strategies are described for each phase and provide directions for involvement during learner performance. • Learning approach is based on belief system that intervention is user-led, working in partnership and empowering learning.

  5. Conclusion • The new assessment tool is inclusive of every potential powered mobility user because it focuses on whole continuum of learning process of powered mobility use, from novice to expert. • The new tool was appraised by clinicians and used successfully in clinical practice in the United Kingdom and Sweden.

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