OT・PT養成校で行われている住環境整備に関する教育

Education concerning improvement of the residential environment at occupational and physical therapy schools

要旨：目的：OT・PT養成校で行われている住環境整備に関する教育内容を明らかにすること．方法：OT・PT養成校104校の教員に質問紙を郵送し，教育内容と教員の教育的背景を調査した．結果：64校より回答を得た．教育内容では，約90％の養成校が，車椅子に関する空間，手すりの取り付けなどの改造方法，疾患では脳卒中を教えていた．教育内容の内，建築に関する内容では，50％の養成校が図面の見方を教えていた．教員の教育的背景では，住環境整備に関わった件数の少ない教員が教える養成校が多かった．結論：建築関係者を理解するために必要と考えられる建築に関する知識では，教員の認識が養成校間で異なり，教育内容の統一をはかる必要性が感じられた．

　The purpose of this paper was to investigate the instruction concerning improvement of the residential environment in occupational and physical therapy courses. Questionnaires were sent to one hundred and four schools, and replies received from sixty-four. The questionnaire included items about course content and the backgraounds of course instructors. Results showed that in about 90% of schools, main course content included instruction about space required for patients moving in wheelchairs, installation of handrails, etc, in cerebral apoplexy. Courses in about 50% of schools included instruction about how to understand architectural drawings. Answers for questionnaire items about the background of instructors showed that few had an actual experience of improving a residential environment in clinical practice. The results of this study show that the needs of occupational and physical therapists, regarding adaptation to local environments for the physically impaired, must be more clearly recognized by teachers. Course contents regarding the instruction of concepts in architecture and building, which they are required to understand, varied widely and depended on the teachers, and a need exists to standardize such instruction.