The shortage of occupational therapists specializing in mental health led to a survey of graduates from nine occupational therapy schools in the New York metropolitan area to determine the factors affecting their specialty choice. The variables examined were derived from a literature review of the specialty choice of psychiatry among medical students. They included personality, academic, clinic...

  Background: Health care workers occupationally are exposed to blood and other body fluids which might increase their risk of acquiring blood-borne pathogens and psychological stress . The aim of the present study was to determine the lifetime occupational exposure to needlestick injuries and body fluids among doctors and medical students in Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences (2009)...

Inter-professional (IP) education and clinical placements have been identified as educational recruitment strategies to address the health workforce shortage. The research question in this secondary analysis study was, "What are students' attitudes toward working in geriatric environments and as part of inter-professional collaborative teams?" A five-item survey was administered to 47 pre-licen...

Background: Presentation of course plan were advised but presentations of  lesson plans were useful too. These items can introduce the course and lessons of each session to students.  The objective of this study was the determination of the effects of educational planning on learning of occupational diseases. Methods: This study was a semi experimental study which was conducted by using the cur...

INTRODUCTION Students who are enrolled in professional education programs such as occupational therapy may have inherent attitudes towards the future clients they work with. These attitudes may be influenced by the level of their professional education as well as cultural values of their country of origin. PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to examine occupational therapy students' attitude...

Occupational therapists, as well as other rehabilitation professionals, are aware that sexuality counseling is an important aspect of rehabilitation. However, occupational therapists have limited resources within their profession for training in this area. This paper describes the development, philosophy, goals, objectives, and format of the module "Sexuality and Disability" offered to occupati...

BACKGROUND/AIM Occupational therapy educators are challenged to provide students with practical experiences which prepare them for ever changing health-care contexts on graduation. Role-emerging placements have been widely used internationally to help meet this challenge, but research into the learning experiences of students during these innovative placements is limited. This research investig...

Occupational, safety and health administration is a major important function in human resource management. Malaysia encounters serious problems regarding the safety and health of workers arising from negligence in the workplace, which at times results in accidents and death. Latest statistics from PERKESO shows that more than 1526 cases have been reported across the country from January 2014 – ...

BACKGROUND A significant proportion of university students drop out of their courses, representing a significant loss of resources in terms of funds invested in them, as well as loss of revenue to universities. AIMS To determine whether a history of recent or current mental health problems affected the likelihood of university students dropping out of their studies and, if so, whether additio...