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An Exploration of Occupational Therapy Faculty Perceptions of Student Behaviors
Get PDFOccupational therapy (OT) graduate students may demonstrate behaviors in their learning that faculty perceive as unprofessional or resistant. Faculty often attribute these behaviors to personality traits or other qualities residing within the student rather than seeing them as a result of a confluence of intrinsic and extrinsic factors, as Tolman and Kremling proposed in the Integrated Model of Student Resistance (IMSR). This study examined the perceptions of student resistance to learning by surveying OT faculty teaching in entry-level masters and doctoral programs. Participants completed an anonymous, online survey that used a Likert scale rating to collect data about the frequency of active and passive forms of resistance observed in the classroom. Participants also completed open-ended textual questions about what they believed the cause of these behaviors to be. Fifty-one participants completed the survey. We analyzed the data using descriptive statistics and a qualitative analysis of textual responses was conducted. Results showed that OT faculty did encounter behaviors from students that suggested the presence of resistance to learning as described in Tolman and Kremling’s (2017) model. Active and passive behaviors were reported almost equally by participants. Most participants attributed these behaviors to intrinsic factors among students, with few recognizing the role of extrinsic and systemic level factors in causing students to resist learning. While the results of the study affirmed that resistance to learning is present among OT graduate students, OT faculty showed limited awareness of the varied and transactional causes for resistive behaviors. Based on these results, the authors discuss implications for faculty to recognize, prevent, and remediate factors contributing to resistance at the individual, program, and institutional levels. Doing so could better support students and decrease student resistance to learning
A Nationwide Descriptive Study: Part II Understanding the Ways Academic Fieldwork Coordinators Describe the Responsibilities and Challenges of their Role
Get PDFThe responsibilities and challenges of Academic Fieldwork Coordinators vary considerably across occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant programs in the United States. In the second part of a nationwide convergent mixed-method study conducted to identify the roles and responsibilities of the Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, we examined the role responsibilities, structural supports, and barriers that influence their success and satisfaction. Academic Fieldwork Coordinators described the valuable role they play in supporting students’ achievement of learning outcomes, successful fieldwork experiences, and their entrance into the profession as competent practitioners. They additionally delineated the valuable contributions they make to their programs’ maintenance of relevance in their curriculum and in the community. Their ambassadorship of institutions, program, students, fieldwork educators, and the occupational therapy profession brings them both reward and challenge. This study yields important data on these juxtaposed experiences and sheds light on the ways they can be addressed to improve role satisfaction and success
Common goals yield positive connections: Improving workflows and project\u27s success with collaboration
No full textCollaborations with other departments have become invaluable to Acquisitions work at our library. Acquisitions has worked with Subject Librarians and the Budget Specialist on several projects all of which would have been dead in the water or taken significantly longer without collaborative support. In this presentation we will highlight several projects in which partnering was central to accomplishing the project\u27s goals. These include reviewing and updating database descriptions in the Databases A-Z list, updating the weeding procedure in the wake of a branch library closure, creating streaming video workflows from scratch and modifying them as needed, moving licenses from paper to electronic storage, and an overhaul of our entire fund structure. The Acquisitions Librarian from Technical Services, the Budget Specialist from Administration, and a Humanities Librarian from Advise and Instruct will share notes and tips from these collaborations and how working together benefitted communication lines along with the projects.
Come learn about our cross departmental collaborations and see which might be worth pursuing in your own libraries
Asynchronous Online Telehealth Training: Occupational Therapist’s Perceptions Of Knowledge and Confidence
Get PDFTelehealth was not a typical practice in occupational therapy prior to the pandemic (Allen-McHugh & Schleg, 2022; Douglass et al., 2023; Wittmeier et al., 2022). Understanding OT clinician knowledge and confidence in the delivery mode has progressed as a result (Allen-McHugh & Schleg, 2022; Douglass et al., 2023; Soba et al., 2022; Wittmeier et al., 2022). The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of an asynchronous online training module in increasing self-reported knowledge and confidence in occupational therapy clinicians utilizing telehealth with the pediatric population. A pre-experimental pre-posttest quantitative design was used to measure therapist’s perceived knowledge and confidence as a result of participation in a telehealth training module. Pre and posttest data was examined to determine the impact the training module had on therapist’s self-reported knowledge and confidence. The mean for scores related to perceived knowledge on the pre and posttest survey increased by 9.4 and the mean for perceived confidence increased by 8.3 points. The paired T- test completed on the scores from the pre and posttest for perceived knowledge and confidence revealed a p value o
How do informal caregivers of a person with dementia experience stress and which supports help mitigate the effect of these stressors?
Get PDFBackground: Alzheimer\u27s disease or related dementias (ADRD) are one of the most rapidly growing epidemics that the world is facing. Caring for a person with ADRD is challenging and often causes informal caregivers stress, loneliness, and social isolation.
Purpose: The aim of this qualitative instrumental case study was to obtain a better understanding of how informal caregivers of persons with ADRD experience stress and which supports helped mitigate the effect of these stressors in their role as a caregiver.
Theoretical Framework: The Model of Human Occupation focuses on therapy helping persons to engage in occupational behaviors that maintain, restore, reorganize, or develop their capacity, motive, or lifestyle.
Methods: Semi-structured interview was used as the data collection tool to gain knowledge from the caregiver on how they experienced stress and what supports help to mitigate the effect of these stressors, as this was an effective way to gain the thoughts and concerns from this population.
Results: There were three participants that were interviewed for the study. Fourteen categories were identified by grouping the codes together and three themes developed from those categories. The three themes were Bad days are rough, little damper on everybody, and we try to keep normal.
Conclusions: The participants’ stressors were consistent with other studies that stated behaviors cause increased burden on caregivers. Although there are programs and assistance for caregivers, there is a deficit in caregivers’ referrals to resources and occupational therapy
Patron Driven DEI Acquisitions: Using education students and the Diverse Book Finder to diversify a children\u27s picture book collection
No full textIn Fall 2022, the IU Southeast Library won an institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion grant to conduct research on a patron driven acquisitions project carried out in a 300-level education course for preservice learning teachers. Leveraging the grant funds and the objectives of the 300-level course, we embedded an acquisition project into the course that used the Diverse Book Finder (DBF) as a teaching and selection tool. 29 students enrolled in the course were tasked with using the Diverse Book Finder to select 5 picture books that would be purchased and added to the library collection. This session will cover the Diverse Book Finder as an assessment and acquisition tool, how the IU Southeast Library worked with faculty to embed this project into their curriculum, and the details and results of this project, including what students\u27 responses to the pretest and posttest survey reveal. Finally, we will also address the potential this project has uncovered for potential embedding more patron driven acquisitions projects into the IU Southeast curriculum
Forgoing the Rule of Five : Fair Use Analysis in Interlibrary Loan and Collection Development
No full textAre you being bogged down by copyright? Are you getting all the access you deserve? Eastern Kentucky University Libraries recently developed and implemented a new copyright policy for interlibrary loan that forgoes the outdated CONTU Guidelines or Rule of Five to more closely comply with Copyright Law and leverage Fair Use.
In this session, the presenters will discuss the inspiration behind abandoning CONTU, the process for obtaining approval from library and university stakeholders, and the impact of a new copyright policy on interlibrary loan workflows and collection development decisions. Participants will also engage in a discussion of the opportunities and obstacles regarding their own use of, or departure from, CONTU Guidelines
Focusing on Friendship: Online Supported Activities for Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum
Get PDFA core feature of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is social skills differences. Social skills groups have received support as an intervention that fosters social skills of those with ASD. However, there is limited information about the use of telehealth-based social skills groups. The proposed ASD adolescent social group design is formatted for telehealth services, and has been conducted virtually since 2020. This ASD social group program features unique virtual teaching and recreational activity curriculum as well as some program evaluation data methods and responses from participants
Telehealth: Visual Adaptations for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Get PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic led to an influx in therapeutic services provided via web-based “telehealth” platforms. Some therapeutic treatments that were traditionally offered in-person needed to be adapted for telehealth platforms. After virtually beginning ACT with a client who struggled to grasp the material, the ACT PowerPoints were created as an adaptation of an in-person treatment to help the client learn and retain the information. In addition to the ACT PowerPoints, in-session worksheets and homework activities were created as well.
This document examines literature involving the effectiveness and benefits of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), telepsychotherapy, and visual aids. The goal of this project was to examine and consolidate the literature to create a useful ACT PowerPoint for telepsychotherapy sessions that would benefit clients. Following the development and implementation of the ACT PowerPoints, feedback was sought from the clients to determine what changes and improvements needed to be made to the material
Improving Early Utilization of Palliative Care Services to Impact Quality of Life
Get PDFDespite studies indicating the benefits of palliative care, many barriers remain that prevent individuals from accessing this specialty service. Palliative care needs improved utilization. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to improve the utilization of palliative services and increase general knowledge and confidence among nursing staff within one nursing home facility. In the intervention bundle, training was provided on the use of a Palliative Referral Flowchart and the Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) along with evidence-based materials made available to residents and families. Data was collected pre and post intervention. Knowledge was improved by 26 %. Confidence was improved by 50 %. The distribution of handouts was increased by 100 % with utilization of materials being increased by 20 %. Overall referral rates increased by 71 % in 2023 compared to 2022. The average PPS score of referrals increased to 44 % in 2023 as compared to 36 % in 2022. This indicates that the palliative referrals were placed earlier in the disease process. Collectively, the impact of the project was beneficial to nursing staff and indicates educational efforts should continue to evolve in future nursing practice. Literature continues to support that palliative care can positively impact quality of life