title: Disability Management Education: Does the Instructional Delivery Modality Make a Difference?
abstract: Each year, thousands of professionals and practitioners opt to learn more about disability management practices by attending conferences, self-study, and registering for advanced educational courses. Their motivation is to enhance their competencies, advance their careers, and attain or maintain professional certification. However, for their efforts, are they accessing the most effective mode of disability management instruction? This clinical research indicated that the "online delivery" of disability management instruction nets a 5% higher score on the outcome measure than the "in-class delivery" modality.
authors.affiliation: University of Fredericton, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada degdyck@yahoo.ca.
authors.forename: Dianne E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Dyck
mesh_terms: D000416:Alberta; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013663:Teaching
keywords: application of evidence; best practices; case management; disability case management; health education; occupational health and safety programs; research