Rehabilitation training in Finland.
There are functional defects in rehabilitation in Finland. The defects correspond to the ones ascertained by a WHO meeting dealing with the whole world. Based on these defects two questions were put: (1) can training be used more effectively than some other means? (2) how training could be structured in practice? The work began with an analysis of the functional defects and their causes. This was done by a government expert committee. It considered "lack of knowledge" or "lack of skills" to be the cause. Then, the curriculi of the faculties and other training institutes were surveyed. It was noted that the very same items which were considered as functional defects, were missing or only conditionally present. From the defects the training objectives were deducted and the existing real-life obstacles analyzed. The analysis took place in work-conferences with the respective training officers. The outcome was that the training should be a low-budget, short-duration training. When trying to organize a training for this kind of training situation and reach the objectives, it was discovered that they were contradictory. It was discovered that the most effective way to train would be to combine short introductory courses with case-studies and continue this, if possible, with different types of counselling and consulting activities. Using the method of orientating concepts, it has been possible to provide insight into rehabilitation in a very short time to an audience with different scientific backgrounds and to overcome some of the problems caused by the multidisciplinarity of rehabilitation.
D005387:Finland; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods