Over recent years, there has been a decrease in the number of applicants for the increased number of places on occupational therapy courses (College of Occupational Therapists [COT] 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002a). This assumes greater importance because the National Health Service (NHS) is committed to significant increases in the numbers of health professionals to be educated (Department of He...

BACKGROUND Self-directed learning (SDL) is expected of health science graduates; it is thus a learning outcome in many pre-certification programs. Previous research identified age, gender, discipline and prior education as associated with variations in students' self-directed learning readiness (SDLR). Studies in other fields also propose personality as influential. METHOD This study investig...

Simulation experiences provide experiential learning opportunities during artificially produced real-life medical situations in a safe environment. Evidence supports using simulation in health care education yet limited quantitative evidence exists in occupational therapy. This study aimed to evaluate the differences in scores on the AOTA Fieldwork Performance Evaluation for the Occupational Th...

The Internet, and specifically the World Wide Web (WWW), has an important role as a method of learning in occupational and environmental health and medicine. This paper provides a systematic overview of the demands and merits of this approach to learning in a range of higher education courses in these disciplines. Drawing on a relevant theoretical framework for understanding how students learn,...

The last comprehensive examination of the Level I fieldwork experience was performed 15 years ago (Shalik, 1990) and addressed the different types of settings in which fieldwork occurred; amounts and types of supervision; structure and scheduling of the Level I experiences; and the effects of supervising Level I students on productivity. Although every occupational therapy and occupational ther...

introduction: psychological and social health is the main problems of workers population, which can increase productivity at work and physical and mental health and provide or decline in these aspects. materials and methods: this study was descriptive and crosses - sectional and has been performed on 388 iranian central iron ore company workers. the tool of study was standard ghq-28 question ar...

Allied health students must quickly socialize into a professional role as they transition from classroom to clinic. In addition to skill development, students must exhibit a host of professional behaviors that facilitate successful interaction with patients, families, and colleagues. There is a need for a valid, reliable assessment of professional behaviors that contribute to clinical competenc...

diverse, may prove too technical and fragmentary for the general reader. They are perhaps intended more for the occupational health specialist who desires documentation of recent advances in the field. Occupational Lung Disease, in summary, proves to be an illuminating text with wide-ranging applicability. Those with a medical training should find interesting discussion of the mechanisms and ce...

diverse, may prove too technical and fragmentary for the general reader. They are perhaps intended more for the occupational health specialist who desires documentation of recent advances in the field. Occupational Lung Disease, in summary, proves to be an illuminating text with wide-ranging applicability. Those with a medical training should find interesting discussion of the mechanisms and ce...