title: Survey of driving evaluation and rehabilitation curricula in occupational therapy programs.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our purpose in this study was to examine the preclinical curricular content pertaining to driving evaluation and rehabilitation (DE/R) included in professional entry-level occupational therapy programs.
  
  
  METHODS
  An e-mail survey containing questions about the program's structure and extent of course material related to DE/R in the curriculum was sent to directors of all 144 U.S. accredited professional entry-level occupational therapy programs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ninety programs responded (62.5% response rate), of which 80 included content related to DE/R in some required courses, and 9 programs offered a required course specifically in DE/R. Approximately 18% of the respondent programs offered electives with DE/R content.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Of the respondent professional entry-level occupational therapy programs, few offer a required course specifically devoted to DE/R, butalmost all programs integrate DE/R content into required coursework, thus satisfying the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education standards related to driver rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 Third Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. yuen@uab.edu
authors.forename: Hon K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Yuen
authors.forename: Jerry K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Burik
mesh_terms: D001334:Automobile Driving; D003479:Curriculum; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires