eprintid: 38411 rev_number: 10 userid: 8542 dir: disk0/00/03/84/11 datestamp: 2020-06-19 13:16:44 lastmod: 2020-06-19 13:16:44 status_changed: 2020-06-19 13:16:44 type: thesis_degree metadata_visibility: show contact_email: saa208@pitt.edu item_issues_id: duplicate_title_38279 item_issues_type: duplicate_title item_issues_description: Duplicate title to Ardianuari, Satria Development, Validation and Feasibility Study of a Remote Basic Skills Assessment for Wheelchair Service Providers. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished) item_issues_timestamp: 2020-03-28 06:02:17 item_issues_status: autoresolved item_issues_count: 0 eprint_status: archive creators_name: Ardianuari, Satria creators_email: saa208@pitt.edu creators_id: saa208 title: Development, Validation and Feasibility Study of a Remote Basic Skills Assessment for Wheelchair Service Providers ispublished: unpub divisions: sch_hrs_rehabscitech full_text_status: public keywords: manual wheelchair, service provider's skills abstract: The purpose of this study was to develop, validate and conduct a feasibility study of three remote basic skills assessment modalities for wheelchair service providers (WSP) including an online mock-client case study quiz (m1), an in-person skills assessment (m2) and a video conference skills assessment (m3). Prior to this study, we were unaware of a validated remote basic skills assessment for WSP that reflects all WHO 8 wheelchair service provision steps. Such a test may be an asset to training or professional organizations like the International Society of Wheelchair Professionals (ISWP) as a way to test provider competency or to warrant certification. Currently, we are unaware of any certification that includes a skills test as a requirement. Our first hypothesis was that all three modalities are comparable as evidenced by the mean score of ISWP Basic Knowledge Test (i.e., within one SD). Our second hypothesis was that all modalities were feasible according to seven defined feasibility criteria. Inclusion criteria included passing the ISWP Basic Knowledge Test. We recruited a total of 12 participants; all completed m1. Five completed m2 at the 35th International Seating Symposium and five completed m3 via Adobe Connect. Two participants dropped out of the study prior to completing a second testing modality. The results show that our first hypothesis was rejected because only m1 mean score was comparable to the ISWP Basic Knowledge Test (SD = .44). This is in contrast with the Wilcoxon signed-rank test results that show a statistically significant difference between these two. Hypothesis two was not rejected. The feasibility results reveal that all three modalities met the minimum criteria (86% success). Thus, based on this finding, m1, 2 and 3 have the potential to serve as remote basic skills assessments through ISWP or other training or credentialing organizations. However, according to both test performance and feasibility criteria, the study team and participants encountered the fewest challenges with m2, and therefore, we believe this assessment has the highest potential to be included in the ISWP WSP basic skills certification process to ensure fidelity to practice. date: 2020-06-19 date_type: published pages: 84 institution: University of Pittsburgh refereed: TRUE etdcommittee_type: committee_chair etdcommittee_type: committee_cochair etdcommittee_type: committee_member etdcommittee_name: Goldberg, Mary etdcommittee_name: Pearlman, Jonathan etdcommittee_name: Schmeler, Mark etdcommittee_email: mgoldberg@pitt.edu etdcommittee_email: jpearlman@pitt.edu etdcommittee_email: schmeler@pitt.edu etdcommittee_id: mgoldberg etdcommittee_id: jpearlman etdcommittee_id: schmeler etd_defense_date: 2020-03-11 etd_approval_date: 2020-06-19 etd_submission_date: 2020-03-27 etd_release_date: 2020-06-19 etd_access_restriction: immediate etd_patent_pending: FALSE thesis_type: thesis degree: MS citation: Ardianuari, Satria (2020) Development, Validation and Feasibility Study of a Remote Basic Skills Assessment for Wheelchair Service Providers. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished) document_url: http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/38411/1/Ardianuari_ETDfinal_2020.pdf