REHAB 706 / Measurement in Rehabilitation

3 unit(s)

J. Law, K. Pontello

This course is designed for rehabilitation scientists or rehabilitation clinicians who want to acquire an understanding of clinical measurement theory and health status measurement to complement and enhance clinical practice and take research roles which involve measurement. Specific topics include the reasons for applying measurement in rehabilitation practice, an overview of measurement theory as it relates to clinical practice, types of clinical measurement properties, types of outcome measures, search strategies for locating measures, the interpretation of a measured value for a specific client, critical appraisal skills to evaluate measures and select the best measure from a number of competing measures, and considerations when implementing a new measure in clinical practice.