Document Type (Journals)
Original Research
Abstract
Although reasoning, reflective practice, and evidence-based practice are essential professional skills for occupational therapy students, there is not a clear understanding of how these skills are taught. We used Delphi methodology to explore how occupational therapy educators conceptualize best-practices for facilitating the development of clinical reasoning, professional reasoning, reflective practice, and evidence-based practice. Participants were required to be educators in a master’s-level or higher occupational therapy program for at least three years, based in the United States, and available across multiple survey rounds. The nine participants nominated a total of 94 teaching strategies, of which 90.4% (n = 85) reached consensus after Round 3. Consensus strategies were largely experiential, active, and explicit teaching approaches. Consideration of how these teaching strategies used by occupational therapy educators support students in integrating skills with each other and into practice can facilitate increased professional competence within occupational therapy.
Biography
Hannah K. Burke, Ph.D., OTR/L was a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Colorado State University while conducting this research.
Pat L. Sample, Ph.D., M.Div. is Professor Emerita in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Colorado State University.
Anita C. Bundy, Sc.D, OTL, FAOTA, FOTARA is Department Head and a Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Colorado State University.
Virginia Spielmann, Ph.D., OTR/L is Executive Director at the STAR Institute for Sensory Processing in Centennial, Colorado.
Shelly J. Lane, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA is Academic Program Director and a Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Colorado State University.
Declaration of Interest
The authors report no declarations of interest.
Recommended Citation
Burke, H. K., Sample, P. L., Bundy, A. C., Spielmann, V., & Lane, S. J. (2024). Teaching Reasoning, Reflective Practice, and Evidence-Based Practice: Educator Consensus Strategies. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 8 (4). Retrieved from https://encompass.eku.edu/jote/vol8/iss4/7
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