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Curriculum-Level Strategies That U.S. Occupational Therapy Programs Use to Address Occupation: A Qualitative Study.

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Hooper, B; Krishnagiri, S; Price, P; Taff, SD; Bilics, A
Published in: Am J Occup Ther
2018

OBJECTIVE: This study's objective was to describe curriculum-level strategies used to convey occupation to occupational therapy students. METHOD: The study used a descriptive qualitative research design. Fifteen occupational therapy and 10 occupational therapy assistant programs participated in interviews, submitted curriculum artifacts such as syllabi and assignments, and recorded teaching sessions. Data were coded both inductively and deductively and then categorized into themes. RESULTS: Occupational therapy programs designed strategies on two levels of the curriculum, infrastructure and implementation, to convey knowledge of occupation to students. The degree to which strategies explicitly highlighted occupation and steered instruction fluctuated depending on how differentiated occupation was from other concepts and skills. CONCLUSION: Two arguments are presented about the degree to which occupation needs to be infused in all curricular elements. To guide curriculum design, it is critical for educators to discuss beliefs about how ubiquitous occupation is in a curriculum and whether curricular elements portray occupation to the extent preferred.

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Am J Occup Ther

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ISSN

0272-9490

Publication Date

2018

Volume

72

Issue

1

Start / End Page

7201205040p1 / 7201205040p10

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Rehabilitation
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Humans
  • Curriculum
  • 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Hooper, B., Krishnagiri, S., Price, P., Taff, S. D., & Bilics, A. (2018). Curriculum-Level Strategies That U.S. Occupational Therapy Programs Use to Address Occupation: A Qualitative Study. Am J Occup Ther, 72(1), 7201205040p1-7201205040p10. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2018.024190
Hooper, Barb, Sheama Krishnagiri, Pollie Price, Steven D. Taff, and Andrea Bilics. “Curriculum-Level Strategies That U.S. Occupational Therapy Programs Use to Address Occupation: A Qualitative Study.Am J Occup Ther 72, no. 1 (2018): 7201205040p1–10. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2018.024190.
Hooper B, Krishnagiri S, Price P, Taff SD, Bilics A. Curriculum-Level Strategies That U.S. Occupational Therapy Programs Use to Address Occupation: A Qualitative Study. Am J Occup Ther. 2018;72(1):7201205040p1–10.
Hooper, Barb, et al. “Curriculum-Level Strategies That U.S. Occupational Therapy Programs Use to Address Occupation: A Qualitative Study.Am J Occup Ther, vol. 72, no. 1, 2018, pp. 7201205040p1–10. Pubmed, doi:10.5014/ajot.2018.024190.
Hooper B, Krishnagiri S, Price P, Taff SD, Bilics A. Curriculum-Level Strategies That U.S. Occupational Therapy Programs Use to Address Occupation: A Qualitative Study. Am J Occup Ther. 2018;72(1):7201205040p1-7201205040p10.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Occup Ther

DOI

ISSN

0272-9490

Publication Date

2018

Volume

72

Issue

1

Start / End Page

7201205040p1 / 7201205040p10

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Rehabilitation
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Humans
  • Curriculum
  • 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences