SS5 Whose Job Is It, Anyway?
Program ID Number: CRS000692
CEU Course ID: P276.15
Webinar Length of Time: 1.0 hour
Link to view the lecture presentation:
This forum will pose several challenging questions about the roles and responsibilities of all the team members involved in the purchase and repair experience of a person with a disability who is relying on wheeled mobility as the primary means of mobility. Questions will explore areas of overlap to include letters of justification, adjustments/ modification and repair of equipment, tracking of the funding process and customer service. The Forum will explore the differences of opinion that arise when hot button statements are posed to the audience.
Learning Objectives:
- Express their opinion regarding the professional role and responsibility in key process steps when recommending a new product or when involved in the adjustment/modification or repair of wheelchairs.
- Understanding of different perspectives, based on professional background and regional practices, in response to challenging statements about roles and responsibilities within the field of Seating and Mobility.
- Exposed to differing opinions and processes from their own, with the intend to challenge the status quo.
Faculty:
Jean Minkel, PT, ATP
Minkel Consulting
New Windsor, NY
United States
jminkel@aol.comJean Minkel is a physical therapist and master clinician who has specialized in Seating and Mobility over twenty-five years. She is currently the Senior Vice President of Independence Care System (ICS), a New York State Medicaid Long Term Care program. Jean has lectured extensively nationally and internationally, and was awarded the Sam McFarland Mentor Award from RESNA in 2011.
Note: Faculty for this activity have been required to disclose all relationships with any proprietary entity producing health care goods or services, with the exemption of nonprofit or government organizations and non-healthcare related companies.
* No conflicts have been disclosed.
References:
- Sprigle S, Lenker J, Searcy K. Activities of suppliers and technicians during the provision of complex and standard wheeled mobility devices. Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol. Oct 21 2011;[Medline].
Updated | 08.19.2015