A Way of Seeing: How Occupation Is Portrayed to Students When Taught as a Concept Beyond Its Use in Therapy

Authors

Pollie Price, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Barb Hooper, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Sheama Krishnagiri, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Steven D. Taff, Washington University, St. Louis
Andrea Bilics, Worcester State University, Worcester

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-1-2017

Publication Title

The American journal of occupational therapy

Volume

71

Issue

4

First page number:

1

Last page number:

9

Abstract

The concept of occupation is core to learning occupational therapy, yet how occupation is taught has not been widely studied. We explored how occupation is addressed in 25 U.S. occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistant programs.

Keywords

field's stain, lens (device), lens, crystalline, artifacts, clients, certified occupational therapy assistant, data analysis, faculty

Controlled Subject

Students; Learning, Psychology of

Disciplines

Occupational Therapy

Repository Citation

Price, P., Hooper, B., Krishnagiri, S., Taff, S. D., Bilics, A. (2017). A Way of Seeing: How Occupation Is Portrayed to Students When Taught as a Concept Beyond Its Use in Therapy. The American journal of occupational therapy, 71(4), 1-9.
Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2017.024182