title: [Improving the transition between medical and vocational rehabilitation].
abstract: In the framework of medical rehabilitation measures, cardiac patients' physical capacity was evaluated from an occupational medicine perspective, through vocational assessment in the workshops of a vocational retraining centre. Recommendations for vocational reintegration were derived on that basis, available at the end of the rehab measure for presentation to the financially responsible agency as a proposal for immediate implementation. The potential for actual realization of these proposals is further enhanced on account of preparatory clarification of the patients' motivational tendencies in individual and group talks. The vocational assessment performed not least provided an opportunity for strengthening the chronically ill patients' self-confidence regarding their return to work life.
authors.affiliation: Medizinischer Dienst, Berufsförderungswerk Dortmund.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fraisse
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karoff
mesh_terms: D000072038:Cardiac Rehabilitation; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000191:economics; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000191:economics; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Verbesserung des Uberganges zwischen medizinischer und beruflicher Rehabilitation. Wiedereingliederung chronisch Kranker ins Erwerbsleben.