Abstract
BackgroundAlthough research shows that there is a need for gender-specific vocational support to help youth with disabilities find employment, health care providers often report needing more training in this area. Currently, there are no existing educational simulations of gender-sensitive care within vocational rehabilitation for clinicians who provide care to youth with disabilities. Therefore, developing further educational tools that address gender-sensitive care could help them enhance the care they provide while optimizing patient outcomes.ObjectiveThis study aims to codevelop an educational simulation and identify issues relevant to providing gender-sensitive care within the context of vocational rehabilitation for youth with disabilities.MethodsWe used a qualitative co-design approach with a purposive sampling strategy that involved focus group discussions and journal reflections to understand and address issues relevant to gender-sensitive care within vocational rehabilitation for those working with youth with disabilities. A total of 10 rehabilitation providers participated in two sessions (5 participants per session) to design the web-based simulation tool. The sessions (2.5 hours each) were audio recorded, transcribed, and analyzed thematically.ResultsTwo main themes arose from our analysis of codeveloping a simulation focusing on gender-sensitive care. The first theme involved the relevance of gender within clinical practice; responses varied from hesitance to acknowledging but not talking about it to those who incorporated gender into their practice. The second theme focused on creating a comfortable and safe space to enable gender-sensitive care (ie, included patient-centered care, effective communication and rapport building, appropriate language and pronoun use, respecting gender identity, awareness of stereotypes, and responding to therapeutic ruptures).ConclusionsOur web-based gender-sensitive care simulation that addressed vocational rehabilitation among youth with disabilities was cocreated with clinicians. The simulation highlights many issues relevant to clinical practice and has potential as an educational tool for those working with young people with disabilities.
Highlights
BackgroundWithin Canada, there are more than 200,000 youth aged between 15 and 25 years who have a disability [1]
Our web-based gender-sensitive care simulation that addressed vocational rehabilitation among youth with disabilities was cocreated with clinicians
Two main themes emerged from our analysis of codeveloping a simulation on gender-sensitive care within vocational rehabilitation for youth with disabilities including (1) the relevance of gender within clinical practice and (2) creating a comfortable and safe space to enable gender-sensitive care
Summary
BackgroundWithin Canada, there are more than 200,000 youth aged between 15 and 25 years who have a disability [1]. Youth with disabilities often encounter challenges with developmental tasks, social development, and role functioning [5,7]. Recent research shows that sex-specific vocational support is needed to help youth as they transition into employment roles [8,9]. Further training tools are needed to help clinicians provide gender-sensitive care in vocational rehabilitation for youth with disabilities. Research shows that there is a need for gender-specific vocational support to help youth with disabilities find employment, health care providers often report needing more training in this area. There are no existing educational simulations of gender-sensitive care within vocational rehabilitation for clinicians who provide care to youth with disabilities.
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