Award Date
May 2024
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Occupational Therapy Doctorate
Department
Brain Health
First Committee Member
Donnamarie Krause
Second Committee Member
Jefferson Kinney
Number of Pages
100
Abstract
Objective: Describe the learning activities that occupational therapy students found helpful for learning the concept of occupation and describe what students know about the concept of occupation.Design: Descriptive correlational Setting: Occupational therapy program in the U.S Participants: Occupational therapy students Measure: Survey Results: These students had a general understanding of occupation and its relationship to health, however, lacked the more conceptual understanding of occupation found in occupational science. Participants reported that activities such as fieldwork, group discussion, and lecture helped them understand the concept of occupation. Conclusion and Relevance: These students missed aspects of occupation and would benefit from more occupation-centered curricula to increase their understanding. Students prefer experiential learning activities and certain didactic learning activities for understanding the concept of occupation. Future studies should research a broader range of students to understand their understanding of occupation and what learning activities they found useful.
Keywords
Descriptive; Graduate students; learning activities; Occupation; Survey
Disciplines
Occupational Therapy
Degree Grantor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Language
English
Repository Citation
Regalado, Erik, "Students’ Learning about Occupation in an Occupational Therapy Program" (2024). UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones. 5071.
http://dx.doi.org/10.34917/37650896
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