• 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

  • Pages
    14
  • From page
    1
  • To page
    14
  • 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
  • Serial Year
    2019
  • Full Text URL
    downloads.hindawi.com/journals/oti/2019/8582470.pdf
  • Record number

    2615873

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