Foundations of Rehabilitation Science

Catalog description

Introduction to current theories and applications related to rehabilitation science. Includes an overview of rehabilitation services and biopsychosocial and sociopolitical issues influencing research, management and practice. The course will be team-taught by an interdisciplinary group of faculty who each have expertise in one or more of the course’s topic areas including; models of disability; outcomes research and evidence-based practice; rehabilitation engineering and technology translation; use of human subjects in research; and use of information retrieval systems.