Award Date

5-1-2024

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

File Format

pdf

File Size

822 KB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

Rights

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