A toolkit for prosthetists and orthotists to facilitate progress in professional communication over the next 50 years
2020 (English)In: Prosthetics and Orthotics International, ISSN 0309-3646, E-ISSN 1746-1553, Vol. 44, no 6, p. 408-415Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
BACKGROUND: , we review professional communication skills in the field of prosthetics and orthotics.
OBJECTIVE: We aim to reflect on communication skills in the past 50 years, to discuss developments in the coming 50 years, and to create a toolkit and research agenda to facilitate progress in professional communication in the next 50 years.
RESULTS: . As an alternative, we provide clinical reflections on the changes in professional communication in the past 50 years, and we discuss questionnaire-based and qualitative studies that provide evidence for the importance of communication in pedorthic footwear provision. In the coming 50 years, professional communication in the field of prosthetics and orthotics may be impacted by aging populations, global mobility, information technology, technological advances and emphasis on prevention. We discuss each of these topics. To facilitate progress in professional communication, we have created a toolkit with resources for prosthetics and orthotics professionals, prosthetics and orthotics students and other interested professionals.
CONCLUSIONS: We hope this toolkit will inspire others to use, extend and implement it in their daily practice. As a research agenda, we strongly recommend undertaking research on interventions to improve professional communication and to study its effect on clinically meaningful outcomes.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2020. Vol. 44, no 6, p. 408-415
Keywords [en]
Footwear, foot ulcer, multidisciplinary, patient–practitioner interaction, prosthetics and orthotics, research agenda
National Category
Orthopaedics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-86474DOI: 10.1177/0309364620962325ISI: 000578592600001PubMedID: 33045902Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85092550533OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-86474DiVA, id: diva2:1476303
2020-10-142020-10-142021-06-14Bibliographically approved