REHAB 720 / Measurement and Evaluation of Quality of Life in Rehabilitation

3 unit(s)

Faculty

This course is designed for occupational therapists, physical therapists and practitioners in other rehabilitation disciplines who want to acquire the knowledge and skills to develop, interpret and integrate quality of life measures into clinical practice and research. Specific topics include a review of: constructs and conceptual frameworks underlying measurement of quality of life, psychometric issues relating to Quality of Life (QoL) measurement in rehabilitation, commonly used generic and rehabilitation-specific QoL measures, strategies to develop and select qualitative and quantitative QoL measures, issues relating to the administration and interpretation of QoL measures used to evaluate the impact of rehabilitation interventions.