Professional Training and Therapeutic Resources Needed for the Adoption of Telepractice in the Philippines

Autor/inn/en	Lentejas, Kembell Gaw; Lam, Joseph Hin Yan; Tong, Shelley Xiuli
Titel	Professional Training and Therapeutic Resources Needed for the Adoption of Telepractice in the Philippines
Quelle	In: Communication Disorders Quarterly, 44 (2023) 4, S.257-265 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lam, Joseph Hin Yan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-7401
DOI	10.1177/15257401221119969
Schlagwörter	Professional Development; Speech Language Pathology; Allied Health Personnel; Telecommunications; Outcomes of Treatment; Foreign Countries; COVID-19; Pandemics; Elementary School Students; Prediction; Online Surveys; Videoconferencing; Computer Mediated Communication; Difficulty Level; Philippines + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Telekommunikationstechnik; Ausland; Vorhersage; Computerkonferenz; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Philippinen
Abstract	With the COVID-19 pandemic necessitating the adoption of telepractice for providing speech and language therapy services, this study investigated the factors affecting the perceptions and the implementation of telepractice for school-age children by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in the Philippines. Sixty-four SLPs completed a 36-item online survey assessing the adoption of telepractice, implementation concerns, student candidacy, continuous training in telepractice, and the SLPs' demographics. The SLPs reported that they quickly adopted telepractice in their services for school-age students at the start of the pandemic. Multiple linear regression analyses revealed that SLPs' perceptions of the effectiveness of telepractice were significantly affected by implementation difficulties while SLPs' future use of telepractice was significantly predicted by training and resource availability. These results suggest that professional training and other therapeutic resources are needed to alleviate SLPs' concerns about difficulties in implementing and continuing use of telepractice. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01