Perceptions of School-Based Telehealth in a Rural State: Moving Forward After COVID-19
The purpose of this study was to discern the barriers faced by school-based clinicians, chiefly occupational therapists (OTs) and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who provided telehealth in a primarily rural state during an unexpected declaration of a state of emergency in response to the C...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Hawaii Pacific University Library
2021-05-01
|
| Series: | International Journal of Telerehabilitation |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://telerehab.pitt.edu/ojs/Telerehab/article/view/6370 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1849316140254232576 |
|---|---|
| author | Susan Skees Hermes Jade Rauen Shirley O'Brien |
| author_facet | Susan Skees Hermes Jade Rauen Shirley O'Brien |
| author_sort | Susan Skees Hermes |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description |
The purpose of this study was to discern the barriers faced by school-based clinicians, chiefly occupational therapists (OTs) and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who provided telehealth in a primarily rural state during an unexpected declaration of a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Survey results found the major barriers to implementation of telehealth services to be lack of practitioner training, a lack of access to technology for students, and concerns that the quality of intervention might not be equivalent to in-person service delivery. This article discusses both the benefits and barriers to providing telehealth services in school-based practice and offers considerations for future studies on this topic.
|
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-493590ad1fa346d2a159a53956e92f4d |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1945-2020 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2021-05-01 |
| publisher | Hawaii Pacific University Library |
| record_format | Article |
| series | International Journal of Telerehabilitation |
| spelling | doaj-art-493590ad1fa346d2a159a53956e92f4d2025-08-20T03:51:58ZengHawaii Pacific University LibraryInternational Journal of Telerehabilitation1945-20202021-05-0113110.5195/ijt.2021.63706370Perceptions of School-Based Telehealth in a Rural State: Moving Forward After COVID-19Susan Skees Hermes0Jade Rauen1Shirley O'Brien2Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, USADepartment of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, USADepartment of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, USA The purpose of this study was to discern the barriers faced by school-based clinicians, chiefly occupational therapists (OTs) and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who provided telehealth in a primarily rural state during an unexpected declaration of a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Survey results found the major barriers to implementation of telehealth services to be lack of practitioner training, a lack of access to technology for students, and concerns that the quality of intervention might not be equivalent to in-person service delivery. This article discusses both the benefits and barriers to providing telehealth services in school-based practice and offers considerations for future studies on this topic. http://telerehab.pitt.edu/ojs/Telerehab/article/view/6370COVID-19Occupational TherapySchool-based PracticeTelehealthTelepracticeTelerehabilitation |
| spellingShingle | Susan Skees Hermes Jade Rauen Shirley O'Brien Perceptions of School-Based Telehealth in a Rural State: Moving Forward After COVID-19 International Journal of Telerehabilitation COVID-19 Occupational Therapy School-based Practice Telehealth Telepractice Telerehabilitation |
| title | Perceptions of School-Based Telehealth in a Rural State: Moving Forward After COVID-19 |
| title_full | Perceptions of School-Based Telehealth in a Rural State: Moving Forward After COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Perceptions of School-Based Telehealth in a Rural State: Moving Forward After COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perceptions of School-Based Telehealth in a Rural State: Moving Forward After COVID-19 |
| title_short | Perceptions of School-Based Telehealth in a Rural State: Moving Forward After COVID-19 |
| title_sort | perceptions of school based telehealth in a rural state moving forward after covid 19 |
| topic | COVID-19 Occupational Therapy School-based Practice Telehealth Telepractice Telerehabilitation |
| url | http://telerehab.pitt.edu/ojs/Telerehab/article/view/6370 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT susanskeeshermes perceptionsofschoolbasedtelehealthinaruralstatemovingforwardaftercovid19 AT jaderauen perceptionsofschoolbasedtelehealthinaruralstatemovingforwardaftercovid19 AT shirleyobrien perceptionsofschoolbasedtelehealthinaruralstatemovingforwardaftercovid19 |