- Title
- Professionalism as a predictor of fieldwork performance in undergraduate occupational therapy students : an exploratory study
- Creator
- Brown, Ted; Yu, Mong-lin; Hewitt, Alana; Etherington, Jamie
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/194918
- Identifier
- vital:18412
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/07380577.2020.1737896
- Identifier
- ISSN:0738-0577 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- This study investigated the relationship between professionalism factors and undergraduate occupational therapy students’ fieldwork performance as measured by the Student Practice Education Form–Revised Edition (SPEF-R). 135 undergraduate occupational therapy students (86% 20-24 years old; 87% female) completed the Penn State College of Medicine Professionalism Questionnaire (PSCOPQ). Student fieldwork performance was measured using the Student Practice Evaluation Form–Revised Edition (SPEF-R). Multi-linear regression with bootstrapping was completed on the midway and final SPEF-R scores. Regression analysis demonstrated a range of professionalism variables to be significant predictors of fieldwork performance at the midway assessment of their fieldwork placement: Equity was a significant predictor of Self-management Skills; Enrichment and Altruism were significant predictors of Coworker Communication; and Altruism was a strong predictor of Communication Skills. No PSCOPQ variable was found to be a significant predictor of final SPEF-R performance. The findings reflect the dynamic and complex nature of professionalism in occupational therapy fieldwork settings. © 2020, © 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd
- Relation
- Occupational Therapy in Health Care Vol. 34, no. 2 (2020), p. 131-154
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
- Subject
- 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science; Fieldwork performance; Occupational therapy education; Practice education; Professionalism
- Reviewed
- Funder
- The study was funded through a grant received from the Monash Education Academy–Learning and Teaching 2018 Small Grants Scheme, Monash University University–Peninsula Campus, Victoria, Australia.
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