Evaluation of an occupational therapy training module: adapting clothes for persons with disabilities

This study was initiated by a planned change in the course curriculum of the occupational therapy educational programme. The training module ‘Adapting Clothes for Persons with Disabilities’ under the present syllabus was evaluated following the model ‘Person/environment interactions in educational settings’. Thirty–five occupational therapy students completed a questionnaire before entering the training module and 32 completed the module. Six of the students were interviewed in depth. The study demonstrates the students' expectations before the module and how their attitudes, knowledge and experience resulting from participation in the course changed. The module on adapting clothes for persons who are disabled is worthy of inclusion in a modified syllabus. Copyright © 1996 Whurr Publishers Ltd.