The Occupation-Centered Intervention Assessment: Bridging Theory and Practice in Fieldwork Education
Occupational therapy’s identity is grounded in occupation-centered care. However, evidence suggests external factors in the healthcare system burden practitioners’ time and resources, reducing attention directed toward occupation-centered practice and student learning and transfer of theoretically g...
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Eastern Kentucky University
2021-01-01
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| author | Erin Main Carolyn Michaud Amelia Kellar Kate Wondra Vanessa D. Jewell Taylor Wienkes Brenda M. Coppard |
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| description | Occupational therapy’s identity is grounded in occupation-centered care. However, evidence suggests external factors in the healthcare system burden practitioners’ time and resources, reducing attention directed toward occupation-centered practice and student learning and transfer of theoretically grounded knowledge. The departure from theory-based practice can threaten the identity and viability of the profession. The Occupation-Centered Intervention Assessment (OCIA) was designed for practitioners or students to self-rate the degree to which interventions are occupation-based or occupation-focused, creating an occupation-centered framework. In this pilot explanatory sequential mixed methods study, Level II fieldwork educators and fieldwork students in Alaska completed OCIA training and utilized the tool. A pre- and post-survey identified attitudes toward theory application, feedback, confidence, developing and understanding occupation-centered perspectives, and the OCIA. Additionally, focus group participants discussed using the OCIA during Level II fieldwork and the impact on development, understanding, and communicating using an occupation-centered perspective. Results of the survey revealed preliminary receptivity to the tool as a communication aid and as a theoretical framework for an occupation-centered perspective. The focus group highlighted the “common language” provided by the tool and drew attention to contextual factors influencing the transfer of knowledge and use of the OCIA in practice. Further research is needed to understand the potential of the OCIA as a resource for facilitating student learning with a grounded, occupation-centered perspective. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-da996fcae593455794fd2e0816533b1b2022-12-21T22:05:03ZengEastern Kentucky UniversityJournal of Occupational Therapy Education2573-13782021-01-015110.26681/jote.2021.050110The Occupation-Centered Intervention Assessment: Bridging Theory and Practice in Fieldwork EducationErin Main0Carolyn Michaud1Amelia Kellar2Kate Wondra3Vanessa D. Jewell4Taylor Wienkes5Brenda M. Coppard6Creighton UniversityCreighton UniversityCreighton UniversityCreighton UniversityCreighton UniversityCreighton UniversityCreighton UniversityOccupational therapy’s identity is grounded in occupation-centered care. However, evidence suggests external factors in the healthcare system burden practitioners’ time and resources, reducing attention directed toward occupation-centered practice and student learning and transfer of theoretically grounded knowledge. The departure from theory-based practice can threaten the identity and viability of the profession. The Occupation-Centered Intervention Assessment (OCIA) was designed for practitioners or students to self-rate the degree to which interventions are occupation-based or occupation-focused, creating an occupation-centered framework. In this pilot explanatory sequential mixed methods study, Level II fieldwork educators and fieldwork students in Alaska completed OCIA training and utilized the tool. A pre- and post-survey identified attitudes toward theory application, feedback, confidence, developing and understanding occupation-centered perspectives, and the OCIA. Additionally, focus group participants discussed using the OCIA during Level II fieldwork and the impact on development, understanding, and communicating using an occupation-centered perspective. Results of the survey revealed preliminary receptivity to the tool as a communication aid and as a theoretical framework for an occupation-centered perspective. The focus group highlighted the “common language” provided by the tool and drew attention to contextual factors influencing the transfer of knowledge and use of the OCIA in practice. Further research is needed to understand the potential of the OCIA as a resource for facilitating student learning with a grounded, occupation-centered perspective.fieldworkprofessional reasoningclinical educationtheoryoccupation-based |
| spellingShingle | Erin Main Carolyn Michaud Amelia Kellar Kate Wondra Vanessa D. Jewell Taylor Wienkes Brenda M. Coppard The Occupation-Centered Intervention Assessment: Bridging Theory and Practice in Fieldwork Education Journal of Occupational Therapy Education fieldwork professional reasoning clinical education theory occupation-based |
| title | The Occupation-Centered Intervention Assessment: Bridging Theory and Practice in Fieldwork Education |
| title_full | The Occupation-Centered Intervention Assessment: Bridging Theory and Practice in Fieldwork Education |
| title_fullStr | The Occupation-Centered Intervention Assessment: Bridging Theory and Practice in Fieldwork Education |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Occupation-Centered Intervention Assessment: Bridging Theory and Practice in Fieldwork Education |
| title_short | The Occupation-Centered Intervention Assessment: Bridging Theory and Practice in Fieldwork Education |
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