A Process Framework for the Education-Focused Capstone: Supporting Expansion and Sustainable Outcomes
<p>This article aims to share a process framework created to guide entry-level occupational therapy doctoral programs in operationalizing and expanding the scope of the education-focused capstone described by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE<sup>®</s...
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Eastern Kentucky University
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| description | <p>This article aims to share a process framework created to guide entry-level occupational therapy doctoral programs in operationalizing and expanding the scope of the education-focused capstone described by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE<sup>®</sup>).The impetus for this work was the completion of a professional development, education-focused capstone that proved to be novel, sustainable, and transformative for the capstone team, including the student, faculty mentor, site mentor, and doctoral capstone coordinator. This capstone ultimately created a professional development course covering the social determinants of health for occupational therapy practitioners, now offered through the American Occupational Therapy Association. Due to the lack of published guidance for this type of capstone project, the road from ideation to creation had a larger learning curve than the team anticipated. Following the completion of the capstone, the team performed a 3-month retrospective analysis through reflection, discussion, literature review, and journaling during weekly meetings to uncover facilitators, barriers, key takeaways, and themes. The team posited that the methods were grounded and reproducible and created the<em> Education-Focused Capstone Framework</em> to assist other capstone teams interested in similar expansion of the education-focused capstone. This framework was built on an understanding of Standards, current literature, and theories of transformative learning and heutagogy. <strong></strong></p>
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| spelling | doaj.art-855895f63c0445779278e7ef068d48962023-08-21T17:15:19ZengEastern Kentucky UniversityJournal of Occupational Therapy Education2573-13782023-10-016410.26681/jote.2022.060412A Process Framework for the Education-Focused Capstone: Supporting Expansion and Sustainable OutcomesSierra Clair0Sarah Corcoran1Emily Bubel2Debbie Amini3University of the Sciences in PhiladelphiaUniversity of the Sciences in PhiladelphiaUniversity of the Sciences in PhiladelphiaAmerican Occupational Therapy Association<p>This article aims to share a process framework created to guide entry-level occupational therapy doctoral programs in operationalizing and expanding the scope of the education-focused capstone described by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE<sup>®</sup>).The impetus for this work was the completion of a professional development, education-focused capstone that proved to be novel, sustainable, and transformative for the capstone team, including the student, faculty mentor, site mentor, and doctoral capstone coordinator. This capstone ultimately created a professional development course covering the social determinants of health for occupational therapy practitioners, now offered through the American Occupational Therapy Association. Due to the lack of published guidance for this type of capstone project, the road from ideation to creation had a larger learning curve than the team anticipated. Following the completion of the capstone, the team performed a 3-month retrospective analysis through reflection, discussion, literature review, and journaling during weekly meetings to uncover facilitators, barriers, key takeaways, and themes. The team posited that the methods were grounded and reproducible and created the<em> Education-Focused Capstone Framework</em> to assist other capstone teams interested in similar expansion of the education-focused capstone. This framework was built on an understanding of Standards, current literature, and theories of transformative learning and heutagogy. <strong></strong></p> https://encompass.eku.edu/jote/vol6/iss4/12/occupational therapycapstoneeducationprofessional developmentprocess framework |
| spellingShingle | Sierra Clair Sarah Corcoran Emily Bubel Debbie Amini A Process Framework for the Education-Focused Capstone: Supporting Expansion and Sustainable Outcomes Journal of Occupational Therapy Education occupational therapy capstone education professional development process framework |
| title | A Process Framework for the Education-Focused Capstone: Supporting Expansion and Sustainable Outcomes |
| title_full | A Process Framework for the Education-Focused Capstone: Supporting Expansion and Sustainable Outcomes |
| title_fullStr | A Process Framework for the Education-Focused Capstone: Supporting Expansion and Sustainable Outcomes |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Process Framework for the Education-Focused Capstone: Supporting Expansion and Sustainable Outcomes |
| title_short | A Process Framework for the Education-Focused Capstone: Supporting Expansion and Sustainable Outcomes |
| title_sort | process framework for the education focused capstone supporting expansion and sustainable outcomes |
| topic | occupational therapy capstone education professional development process framework |
| url | https://encompass.eku.edu/jote/vol6/iss4/12/ |
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