Occupational therapy students’ perceptions of the challenges they experience in adapting to a psychiatric fieldwork placement.

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dc.contributor.authorSoeker, Mogammad Shaheed
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-10T10:47:27Z
dc.date.available2015-09-10T10:47:27Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionAuthor post-printen_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Mental health in Occupational Therapy is experiencing a decline in preference for practice. Aim: This study explored occupational therapy students’ perceptions of the challenges they experience in psychiatric fieldwork. Methods: The researcher used a qualitative research design and collected data by means of focus groups with 8 final year occupational therapy students and 1 interview with a key informant. Findings: Five themes emerged: 1) Listening but not hearing, 2) Boxed thinking 3) Helping hands, 4) Losing the training wheels: Gaining independence and 5) An ideal psych programme. Implications: The barriers to learning identified in this study should be eliminated and the facilitators encouraged. The study highlighted that all theory be taught in the class lectures before the students enter their fieldwork placement. It was also recommended that multimedia sources such a video clips or recorded treatment sessions be used in formal lectures in order to familiarise students to the reality of psychiatry.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSoeker, M.S. (2014). Occupational therapy students’ perceptions of the challenges they experience in adapting to a psychiatric fieldwork placement. Education Research Journal. 4 (6), 65-73.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2026–6332
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/1594
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherInternational Research Journalsen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author postprint version that is copyright University of the Western Cape. The paper may be used with acknowledgement of the source.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectQualitative researchen_US
dc.subjectOccupational therapy educationen_US
dc.subjectStudent experienceen_US
dc.subjectPsychiatryen_US
dc.titleOccupational therapy students’ perceptions of the challenges they experience in adapting to a psychiatric fieldwork placement.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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