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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Occupational therapy education"”.
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Standardized Patients in Occupational Therapy Education
<p>The use of standardized patients (SPs) in occupational therapy (OT) education has greatly increased in recent years; however, there is limited research on the perceptions of student’s clinical readiness utilizing SPs and whether or not the utilization of SPs prepare students for fieldwork. The …
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Mature students in occupational therapy education and practice
… and early professional performance of recent occupational therapy graduates. The study was divided into two parts. The analysis of age and academic performance in occupational therapy education initially provided a picture of mature student success when compared with the performance of younger …
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Elements of a subject-centered education model in occupational therapy education
For two decades, scholars have urged the occupational therapy profession to prioritize placing occupation at the center of curricular designs and educational activities in order to advance occupational science and therapy (e.g., Yerxa, 1998; Whiteford & Wilcock, 2001). Subject-centered education …
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Assessing the doctoral capstone as a high-impact practice in occupational therapy education
… doctoral capstone as a high-impact practice in occupational therapy education. By analyzing the perceptions of Occupational Therapy Doctorate graduates, site mentors, and faculty mentors, using the eight key indicators of a high-impact practice the researcher sought to understand the value and …
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Changing mindsets through lived experience : an exploratory study of a partnership in occupational therapy education
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 157-165).
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The design and development of guidelines to integrate spirituality and spiritual care into occupational therapy education using design-based research
… have been gaining importance in recent years in occupational therapy education as constructs related to holistic and personcentred approaches, in order to improve occupational therapy practice. In a South African context there has been little research carried out on how to integrate spirituality …
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The Development of a Therapeutic Listening Instrument For Allied Health: A Pilot Study
<p>Occupational therapy education programs need a method for capturing student success in learning the necessary skills of therapeutic listening prior to fieldwork. There are no formalized instruments to measure therapeutic listening knowledge and skills in occupational therapy curriculums. …
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Golden Times: Exploring the sense making derived from the practice experiences of student Occupational Therapists in India
Introduction The World Federation of Occupational Therapists sets global standards for Occupational Therapy education providing consistency in the expectations that student Occupational Therapists will engage in at least 1,000 hours of practice education. Whilst much is written in the western …
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Occupational Therapy Student Preparedness For Clinical Fieldwork
… Problem and Purpose: Experiential learning and occupational therapy student preparedness. Occupational therapy education programs must prepare occupational therapy students for practice. Traditional observational Level I Fieldwork presents challenges to achieve student-learning objectives and …
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Students’ negotiation of practice education in occupational therapy: a case study
… problems with the graduation rates of black Occupational Therapy students. The transition from classroom to the practice-based component of occupational therapy education is particularly challenging, and yet, very little research has been conducted on students’ learning in this area. This …
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The occupational therapy intensive care unit guide: a practical guide for implementing occupational therapy services with people who are critically ill
… diagnoses acquired during their hospital stay. Occupational therapy is a profession that facilitates patients’ recovery through holistic evaluation and treatment. Occupational therapy in the ICU improves patients’ strength, cognition, functional independence in activities of daily living and …
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Community-based competencies for entry-level occupational therapy educational programs
… care system is bringing new challenges to the occupational therapy (OT) profession to make a significant paradigm shift from a medical model to a community-based (CB) model (McColl, 1998). One of the main challenges to occupational therapists in contemplating a major shift to CB practice is …
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Wairua: Te ātaahua kaiwhatu = The beautiful weaver: Incorporating wairua into tertiary education
… • To better understand wairua in the tertiary education context • To better understand what the outcomes for tauira are when wairua is incorporated • To explore and articulate ways in which we, as tertiary educators, can incorporate wairua into our own education space How are we incorporating …
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School aged children: Visual perception and reversal recognition of letters and numbers separately and in context
Visual discrimination, spatial orientation, and recognition of letters and numbers in context are important issues in helping young students achieve good literacy and numeracy standards. Thus, measures of Visual Discrimination of Upper Case Letters (VDUCL), Visual Discrimination of Lower Case …
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Independence through Patient Education in a Spinal Cord Injury Population
… complications can be avoided through patient education. A needs assessment was conducted at the SCI unit at Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital in Allentown, PA. This assessment included structured observation of patient education in the therapy process, semi-structured interviews about site …