Publications by authors named "Rachel Pittmann"

Introduction: Telehealth is a growing part of the healthcare field, and healthcare professionals and trainees require training not only on the clinical skills relevant to telehealth but also on professionalism skills or telehealth etiquette. As healthcare outcomes are influenced by the patient-provider relationship, training healthcare professionals on telehealth etiquette skills is imperative.

Methods: Forty-eight healthcare professionals across different disciplines, work settings, and experience levels participated in a telehealth etiquette skills educational intervention workshop wherein their knowledge and readiness to use the skills (specific to technology, environment, confidentiality, and communication) were assessed before and after the workshop.

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Background: Providing telehealth care requires unique professionalism skills (i.e. telehealth etiquette) to ensure patients have a positive experience.

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  • This ICAP program is a collaborative, 6-week intensive treatment designed for individuals with post-stroke aphasia, focusing on maximizing recovery and participation in daily activities.
  • The study, based on data from 2015-2019, evaluated pre- and post-treatment outcomes across four WHO ICF domains, showing significant improvements in communication and self-perception of participation.
  • Findings suggest that intensive, interprofessional rehabilitation programs are effective for people with moderate-to-severe aphasia, with notable benefits for both responders and non-responders in self-reported measures.
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In the setting of shortened hospitalization periods, periods of confinement and social isolation, limited resources, and accessibility, technology can be leveraged to enhance opportunities for rehabilitative care (1). In the current manuscript, we focus on the use of tablet-based rehabilitation for individuals with aphasia, a language disorder that frequently arises post-stroke. Aphasia treatment that targets naming through effortful and errorful instances of lexical retrieval, where corrective feedback is generated on every trial, may enhance retention and generalizability of gains (2, 3).

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