TY - JOUR
T1 - Global rehabilitation health worker certification
T2 - Global Agenda, local imperative
AU - Dutka, Julia To
AU - Oliver, Richard E.
AU - Akinci, Fevzi
AU - Beissner, Katherine
AU - Bharadwaj, Sneha V.
AU - Brandt, Lea C.
AU - Curtis, Charles
AU - Gunter, Cheryl D.
AU - Henzi, David L.
AU - Kovic, Mark
AU - Winistorfer, Wayne L.
AU - Wong, Michael S.
AU - Zipp, Genevieve Pinto
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Assoc. of Schools Advancing Health Professions, Wash., DC.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Rehabilitation, seen as a disability-specific service needed only by few of the world's population, has not been prioritized in countries and is under-resourced. A rehabilitation-ready health workforce is potentially the most important resource for improving functioning and the quality of life for the 2.41 billion people worldwide needing this care. In April 2019, CGFNS International, Inc., and the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) partnered to respond to the World Health Organization's Rehab 2030, which emphasizes the need for global action by professional organizations, development agencies, and civil society to develop and maintain a sustainable workforce for rehabilitation under different healthcare models in different economies. The global certification framework presented in this article provides a mechanism to validate rehabilitation knowledge and practice competence of individual health workers. The impact of certification on upgrading rehabilitation education and upskilling the world's rehabilitation health workforce cannot be overstated.
AB - Rehabilitation, seen as a disability-specific service needed only by few of the world's population, has not been prioritized in countries and is under-resourced. A rehabilitation-ready health workforce is potentially the most important resource for improving functioning and the quality of life for the 2.41 billion people worldwide needing this care. In April 2019, CGFNS International, Inc., and the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) partnered to respond to the World Health Organization's Rehab 2030, which emphasizes the need for global action by professional organizations, development agencies, and civil society to develop and maintain a sustainable workforce for rehabilitation under different healthcare models in different economies. The global certification framework presented in this article provides a mechanism to validate rehabilitation knowledge and practice competence of individual health workers. The impact of certification on upgrading rehabilitation education and upskilling the world's rehabilitation health workforce cannot be overstated.
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M3 - Review article
C2 - 33646244
AN - SCOPUS:85102228430
SN - 0090-7421
VL - 50
SP - 3
EP - 8
JO - Journal of Allied Health
JF - Journal of Allied Health
IS - 1
ER -