Rehabilitation Science Curriculum: University of Texas Medical Branch

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Ottenbacher, Kenneth J.

Affiliations: University of Texas Medical Branch, SAHS 4.202, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-1028, USA. Tel.: +1 409 772 3001; Fax: +1 409 747 1623; E-mail: kottenba@utmb.edu; Web site: http://www.sahs.utmb.edu/programs/rehab/

Abstract: This article describes the advanced graduate curriculum in rehabilitation science recently developed at the University of Texas Medical Branch. The need for the establishment of research based graduate programs in rehabilitation science is discussed in relation to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report titled Enabling America: Assessing the Role of Rehabilitation Science and Engineering. The conceptual framework for course development and faculty/student research in the rehabilitation science curriculum is based on the Enabling-Disabling Model presented in the IOM report. This model has been adapted to include components of the World Health Organization's revised International Classification of Functioning and Disability. The components and structure of the curriculum are described and information presented regarding admission and areas of research focus.

DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2000-122-308

Journal: Technology and Disability, vol. 12, no. 2-3, pp. 123-127, 2000