Title of article :
Student Perceptions of Growth-Facilitating and Growth-Constraining Factors of Practice Placements: A Comparison between Japanese and United Kingdom Occupational Therapy Students
Author/Authors :
Miyamoto , Reiko FacultyofHealthSciences - TokyoMetropolitanUniversity - Arakawa-ku - Tokyo , Japan , Bontje, Peter FacultyofHealthSciences - TokyoMetropolitanUniversity - Arakawa-ku - Tokyo , Japan , Ohshima, Nobuo FacultyofHealthSciences - TokyoMetropolitanUniversity - Arakawa-ku - Tokyo , Japan , Green, Dido FacultyofHealth&LifeSciences - OxfordBrookesUniversity - JackStrawsLaneMarston - OxfordOX30FL, UK , Fever, Sally S. A. FacultyofHealth&LifeSciences - OxfordBrookesUniversity - JackStrawsLaneMarston - OxfordOX30FL, UK , Butler , Jenny FacultyofHealth&LifeSciences - OxfordBrookesUniversity - JackStrawsLaneMarston - OxfordOX30FL, UK , Suyama, Natsuka GraduateSchoolofHealthSciences - TokyoMetropolitanUniversity - Arakawa-ku - Tokyo , Japan
Abstract :
Thisstudycomparedgrowth-facilitatingandgrowth-constrainingexperiencesofpracticeplacementsasperceivedbyoccupational
therapystudentsfromJapanandtheUnitedKingdom(UK).FifteenstudentsfromJapanand14fromtheUKusedanominalgroup
technique(NGT)torank,individuallyandingroups,theirsubjectivelearningexperiencesduringpracticeplacements.Qualitative
analysisandsimpletabulationbasedonrankingofitemsobtainedintheNGTwereperformed.Fiveitemcategorieswereidentified
frombothJapaneseandUKstudents:self-reflection,theroleofsupervisor,senseofresponsibility,clinicalknowledgeandskills,and
timemanagement.Resultsshowedthatallstudentsperceivedopportunitiesforself-reflectionandfeedbackfromsupervisorsas
growthfacilitatingandstudents’passiveattitudestowardsrequirementsofpracticeplacementsasgrowthconstraining.Country-
specificdifferencesbetweenstudentswereobservedinclinicalknowledgeandskills,senseofresponsibility,andtime
management.Japanesestudentsperceivedthatpreparatorystudyledtosuccessfullytreatingclientsduringplacement,andthey
tendedtocommittoplacementassignmentsattheexpenseoftimeoutside.UKstudentsvaluedworkingindependentlywitha
senseofresponsibilitybutconsideredtime-managementproblemswithintheirplacementhoursasgrowthconstraining.These
differencescanbeexplainedbydifferentsocialnormsandexpectationsofstudentsfromJapanandtheUK.
Keywords :
Student Perceptions , Growth-Facilitating , Growth-Constraining Factors , Practice Placements , Comparison , Japanese and United Kingdom , Occupational Therapy Students , UK , NGT
Journal title :
Occupational Therapy International
