Learning styles of first year occupational therapy students studying at a university in South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Elsje Rudman ◽  
Marianne de Beer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
First Year ◽  
Occupational Therapy Students

scholarly journals Occupational Balance: What Tips the Scales for New Students?

2005 ◽  
Vol 68 (7) ◽  
pp. 319-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley Wilson ◽  
Ann Wilcock
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
First Year ◽  
Written Responses ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Educational Benefit ◽  
Occupational Therapy Students ◽  
New Students ◽  
Open Question

The open question, ‘What prevents you from reaching occupational balance?’, was posed within a questionnaire aimed at exploring the meanings of occupation, health and wellbeing with a cohort of first-year occupational therapy students during their initial few weeks at university. Their written responses to the question about occupational balance were analysed and are discussed in this paper. Not surprisingly, occupational balance appeared to be achieved by only a few and more by chance than design. People, time and money factors were identified as the main impediments to achieving occupational balance, with psychological and emotional pressures being at the forefront. Interestingly, despite these barriers, the overall educational benefit of considering the occupational balance question in this way raised the students' awareness of its relationship to health and wellbeing. This increased awareness might have longer-term health benefits, both personally and professionally, which would be worthy of further research.

scholarly journals Medically Underserved Community Integrative Health Education And Interprofessional Practice Model With First Year Physician Assistant, Physical Therapy, And Occupational Therapy Students

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbra Beck ◽  
Karene Boos ◽  
Elizabeth Bright ◽  
Wendie Leveille ◽  
Amy Vega ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Physician Assistant ◽  
Medically Underserved ◽  
First Year ◽  
Interprofessional Practice ◽  
Integrative Health ◽  
Occupational Therapy Students ◽  
Underserved Community

Abstract Background This study presents a unique combined approach to integrative health education and interprofessional practice in primary care with first-year health science graduate students.Methodology Physician assistant, physical therapy, and occupational therapy students participated in an integrative health interprofessional curriculum and collaborated with Hispanic seniors in a medically underserved community while working on interprofessional teams. Impact on students’ knowledge and attitudes related to integrative health and interprofessional practice are assessed.Results Following exposure to the year-long curriculum, students demonstrated significant improvements in their knowledge of and attitudes towards integrative health and in their attitudes and perceived skills related to interprofessional practice.Conclusions Results suggest that the combined integrative health and interprofessional practice approach in a medically underserved community was successful in positively affecting related knowledge, attitudes, and skills. Further study related to longitudinal results is recommended.

scholarly journals Internalizing Client-Centredness in Occupational Therapy Students

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacquie Ripat ◽  
Pamela Wener ◽  
Kendra Dobinson ◽  
Cynthia Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Interprofessional Collaboration ◽  
First Year ◽  
Health Care Students ◽  
The Core ◽  
Occupational Therapy Students ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Push And Pull

Background: Pre-licensure interprofessional education prepares students for collaborative client-centred practice. However, most interprofessional educational efforts are aimed at developing the collaborative component of practice. The purpose of this article is to share the findings of a study that explored occupational therapy students’ client-centred development, in order to inform other pre-licensure educators about integrating client-centredness into uni- and interprofessional education contexts.Methods and Findings: Twenty-nine participants were recruited from each of three stages assumed to be representative of occupational therapy client-centred development in each of the two years of the educational program and during the first year of practice. Semi-structured focus groups were used to capture the participants’ experiences. The core emergent theme, internalizing client-centredness, included three main processes: identifying occupational therapy as a client-centred profession, engaging in the push and pull of client-centredness, and defining self as a client-centred practitioner.Conclusions: Educators of pre-licensure health care students should deliberately focus on client-centredness in their uni- and interprofessional education curricula; the authors offer examples of curricular opportunities focused on internalizing client-centredness. Enabling health care students to internalize client-centredness may be an important aspect of developing practitioners who are prepared to enact interprofessional collaboration for client-centred practice.

scholarly journals Digital Storytelling as a Reflective Tool in Occupational Therapy Curriculum

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Amshuda Sonday
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Occupational Therapy Students ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Inductive Analysis

With a shift in moving towards the 4th industrial revolution, digital storytelling has been identified as a novel way of facilitating teaching and learning. This paper will be aimed at offering an understanding of the experience and perspective of occupational therapy students in using digital storytelling as a reflective tool as an assignment as part of their undergraduate and masters occupational therapy curriculum at a university in South Africa. A descriptive qualitative study was undertaken, and five participants were purposively recruited. Individual semistructured interviews were conducted as well as a focus group with participants. An inductive analysis revealed two themes: Reflections on relevance within the occupational therapy curriculum and Is technology the new direction? The findings conclude that digital storytelling as a medium to showcase reflections on identifying formation was an innovative and novel way of documenting the reflective experiences of occupational therapy students.

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