Experiential Learning: Critical Analysis of Standardized Patient and Disability Simulation
Current revisions to the accreditation standards for occupational therapy (OT) education include proposed changes to experiential learning. The AOTA Fieldwork/Experiential Learning Ad Hoc Committee recommends that fieldwork Level I experiences be replaced with a new model of experiential education t...
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| description | Current revisions to the accreditation standards for occupational therapy (OT) education include proposed changes to experiential learning. The AOTA Fieldwork/Experiential Learning Ad Hoc Committee recommends that fieldwork Level I experiences be replaced with a new model of experiential education that includes the use of standardized patients and simulation (AOTA, 2017). The purpose of this article is to present critical perspectives about standardized patient simulation and disability simulation to support informed decision-making about the integration of experiential learning in OT professional education. In standardized patient simulation, actors play the roles of clients and important others in therapeutic scenarios; in disability simulation, students act out impairments in a variety of settings. While these forms of simulation are commonly used within OT education, they are critiqued for failing to present participants with authentic lived experiences of disability. This paper presents alternative approaches that would more fully align the OT curriculum with perspectives and priorities of intersectional disability communities. Recommendations to be considered by educators and educational programs include becoming familiar with relevant literature across fields and communities; developing long-term partnerships with disability organizations and community members; involving people with disabilities in the development, implementation, and evaluation of experiential learning opportunities; and providing experiential learning opportunities that take place outside educational and clinical settings and that attend to multiple intersecting dimensions of people with disabilities’ lived experiences. Together, these recommendations can help ensure that students have access to evidence-based educational approaches and best practices that accurately reflect the self-identified needs, concerns, and priorities of intersectional disability communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3ddb2d9261ab43eeb85bf9a077cca8fb2022-12-22T00:04:23ZengEastern Kentucky UniversityJournal of Occupational Therapy Education2573-13782017-01-011310.26681/jote.2017.010305Experiential Learning: Critical Analysis of Standardized Patient and Disability SimulationLaura VanPuymbrouck0Jenna L. Heffron1Alisa Jordan Sheth2Kim J. The3Danbi Lee4University of Illinois at ChicagoIthaca CollegeUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoNorthwestern UniversityCurrent revisions to the accreditation standards for occupational therapy (OT) education include proposed changes to experiential learning. The AOTA Fieldwork/Experiential Learning Ad Hoc Committee recommends that fieldwork Level I experiences be replaced with a new model of experiential education that includes the use of standardized patients and simulation (AOTA, 2017). The purpose of this article is to present critical perspectives about standardized patient simulation and disability simulation to support informed decision-making about the integration of experiential learning in OT professional education. In standardized patient simulation, actors play the roles of clients and important others in therapeutic scenarios; in disability simulation, students act out impairments in a variety of settings. While these forms of simulation are commonly used within OT education, they are critiqued for failing to present participants with authentic lived experiences of disability. This paper presents alternative approaches that would more fully align the OT curriculum with perspectives and priorities of intersectional disability communities. Recommendations to be considered by educators and educational programs include becoming familiar with relevant literature across fields and communities; developing long-term partnerships with disability organizations and community members; involving people with disabilities in the development, implementation, and evaluation of experiential learning opportunities; and providing experiential learning opportunities that take place outside educational and clinical settings and that attend to multiple intersecting dimensions of people with disabilities’ lived experiences. Together, these recommendations can help ensure that students have access to evidence-based educational approaches and best practices that accurately reflect the self-identified needs, concerns, and priorities of intersectional disability communities.https://doi.org/10.26681/jote.2017.010305Experiential learningprofessional educationsimulationpeople with disabilitieslived experience |
| spellingShingle | Laura VanPuymbrouck Jenna L. Heffron Alisa Jordan Sheth Kim J. The Danbi Lee Experiential Learning: Critical Analysis of Standardized Patient and Disability Simulation Journal of Occupational Therapy Education Experiential learning professional education simulation people with disabilities lived experience |
| title | Experiential Learning: Critical Analysis of Standardized Patient and Disability Simulation |
| title_full | Experiential Learning: Critical Analysis of Standardized Patient and Disability Simulation |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Experiential Learning: Critical Analysis of Standardized Patient and Disability Simulation |
| title_short | Experiential Learning: Critical Analysis of Standardized Patient and Disability Simulation |
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| topic | Experiential learning professional education simulation people with disabilities lived experience |
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