Wheeled Seated Mobility Curriculum Student Survey

1.Overall, upon completion of the WSM training program I feel I am prepared to work with:

A user with basic needs (Users requiring wheelchairs who can sit upright without modifications)

A user with basic/intermediate needs (Able to recognize when user has intermediate and/or advanced needs and refer to clinical specialist when appropriate.)

A user with intermediate needs (Users requiring wheelchairs who can sit close to a neutral posture, but require postural supports)

A user with advanced needs (Users requiring wheelchairs & custom postural supports)

3.On average, each week I spent ____ hours on WSM content PREPARING outside of classroom time?

4.Outside classroom preparation content was

Too little

Right amount

Too much

Don't know - I did not do it

5.What did you like about the online learning modules?

6.How would you improve the online learning modules?

7.On average I spent ____ hours outside of classroom time on COURSE ASSIGNMENTS AND HOMEWORK?

8.Course assignments and homework

Helped me to integrate and learn the material

Partially helped me to integrate and learn the material

Did not help me to integrate and learn the material

9.In what ways did the course assignments and homework help you to learn the content?

10.How would you improve the course assignments and homework?

As you complete questions 11-14 refer to the definitions below.

Confidence refers to your feeling of reliance or certainty.

Independence refers to your feeling of autonomy, self-sufficiency and self-direction.

Recommending WSM equipment means proposing or suggesting particular manual or power wheelchair equipment features - matching a clients’ physical needs to a distinctive characteristic or part of a wheelchair (e.g. folding frame, rigid frame, swing away footrests, rigid foot platform, scissor wheel locks, push to lock wheel locks).

Specifying wheelchair seating mobility equipment means determining the exact manufacturer and model for the WSM components.

11.How confident are you in recommending WSM system features? (e.g. manual wheelchair, power wheelchair, seating)

12.How confident are you in specifying the recommendation for a specific WSM system? (e.g. manufacturer, model, size, components, etc.)

13.How independent do you feel in recommending a WSM system for your clients?

14.How independent do you feel in specifying a WSM system for your clients?

15.We would like to continually improve the WSM Curriculum. Please provide any additional comments that will help us make improvements.