title: Ergonomics work assessment in rural industrial settings: a student occupational therapy project.
abstract: This case study describes a student occupational therapy (OT) program, the creation of a worksite assessment project as a part of a Community Connections: Partners for Learning and Service grant funded by Health Resources and Services Administration. The primary goals were to design occupation-based community learning experiences in a variety of rural community settings, so that students might benefit from participating in the community based learning and: based on the results, embed occupation-based learning into existing occupational therapy curriculum. The components of the project and the ergonomics content of the OT education program are described; details of the work assessment are presented with analysis of data from the student evaluation of this project.
authors.affiliation: Division of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, 151 Rutledge Ave, MSC 965, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. bowmanpj@musc.edu
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Bowman
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003479:Curriculum; D006804:Ergonomics; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000193:education*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010865:Pilot Projects; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods; D011361:Professional Competence; D015397:Program Evaluation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012424:Rural Population; D013022:South Carolina; D013334:Students; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D017132:Workplace / Q000592:standards