Needs Assessment of an International Service-learning Program:An Innovative Approach to Community-Based Learning

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Sara Pullen, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2015
• Publisher: Indiana State University
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2016 by Indiana State University
• Final Published Version (URL): https://discovery.indstate.edu/jcehe/index.php/joce
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Journal of community engagement and higher education
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Start Page: 14
• End Page: 22
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Rehabilitation and Therapy; Health Sciences, Education

Abstract

This study utilized an original survey to evaluate the physical therapy and education needs of health care workers affiliated with a community hospital in the Dominican Republic. Results suggest that healthcare workers affiliated with this hospital could be an ideal audience to focus the initiation of a sustainable rehabilitation-training program; The needs assessment described can assist other academic physical therapy and medical programs in the planning and implementation of ISL opportunities for students and faculty.