A growing collaboration between rehabilitation providers and faculty at Duke University and Mbarara University of Science and Technology has highlighted the transition of care between hospital and community as a top area of concern for rehabilitation sector strengthening. At the acute level, rehabilitation services initiate functional recovery, prepare patients and caregivers for safe mobility in the home/community, and establish a rehabilitation care pathway after discharge.
This project engages international student participation to create a culturally appropriate model for rehabilitation’s role in the hospital to community transition and inform global transitional care models.