Recognition and accreditation of prior learning in higher education: engineering in Ireland: a case study
This chapter aims to outline the policies and procedures in place in vocationallyrelated higher education programmes in Ireland in relation to the accreditationand recognition of prior and/or experiential learning both formal and informal.The umbrella of electronic engineering was used as this may provide a contextualsetting, which may be transferred across the CREDIVOC partner countries.The chapter begins with an outline of the educational systems Ireland with afocus on the provision of vocational education and training in the country. Thechapter goes on to examine a range of contextual issues such as the developmentof the national Framework of Qualifications as well as the recent changesin the economic landscape.
ABSTRACTBackground: Although it is generally presumed that experienced clinicians are capable of making reasonable decisions concerning rehabilitation potential, inexperienced clinicians may expend efforts and resources somewhat unproductively in managing patients with nonprogressive neurological conditions such as stroke. Clinicians with varied experience may also be influenced by extraneous factors least likely to contribute to an effective admission and treatment planning. Purpose: We report a process for efficient utilization of resources to maximize outcome following stroke rehabilitation. Description: A care planning process with distinctive features of patient profiling, treatment tracking, and outcome staircasing was developed and utilized in the subacute stroke management of African American stroke survivors in an inpatient facility in New York. Outcome of stroke rehabilitation care were compared before and after the implementation of the process using Functional Independence Measures (FIM) score...