Definitions of research by occupational therapy clinicians: An exploratory study

Cusick, Anne; Rotem, Arie

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1630.1994.tb01296.x

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“…Research skills, including competence in computer use (Cusick & Rotem, 1994), and concern with valid and reliable formal assessments (see for example Gaden, 1970;Sturgess & Ziviani, 1995;Ziegeler, 1977) supplanted assistive devices as symbols of high level practice. At least within the literature, scientific measurement seems to have replaced technology in discussions of professional practice.…”

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Occupational therapists as object users: A critique of Australian practice 1954–1995

Hocking

Wilcock

1997

Aus Occup Therapy J

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This research sought to identify the conventions and expectations that guide Australian occupational therapists' use of objects, and to critique these against professional beliefs and values. A history of ideas methodology was used to analyse the content of a sample of issues of the Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, spanning 42 years, This revealed that therapists have been strongly influenced by mechanistic thinking, with a resultant focus on biomechanical, neurological and functional aspects of object use, which has excluded consideration of the client's subjective experience of using objects and the symbolic meaning of the objects used. The centrality of assistive devices, splints and formal assessments to occupational therapists' identity and professional development is also identified. Current practices are critiqued as inconsistent with respecting clients' dignity and worth. K E Y W 0 R D S object use, occupation, occupational therapy practice, professional identity.

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Occupational therapists as object users: A critique of Australian practice 1954–1995

Hocking

Wilcock

1997

Aus Occup Therapy J

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Undergraduate research: theory or practice?

Nixon

1999

Radiography

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Practitioner‐researchers in occupational therapy

Cusick

2000

Aus Occup Therapy J

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Few occupational therapy clinicians are research productive even though their involvement in research is encouraged. The role of ‘research‐practitioner’ is put forward as a means by which practitioners can be research productive. There is, however, an absence of studies exploring experience of the minority of practitioners who do produce research. This study used a qualitative approach to do this in occupational therapy. Purposive sampling was conducted of all research productive clinicians in acute‐care hospitals in one Australian city. Of the 20 possible researchers, 15 participated in in‐depth interviews which explored their experience of research. Results were analysed using the constant comparative method and six conceptual categories were developed to describe their experience. The key findings were that clinicians who did research perceived themselves to be different from other clinicians in terms of attributes; and they described special ways of getting research done, and ways of reflecting on outcomes of their research involvement. The study provides an empirical foundation to further consider the practitioner‐researcher role in practice professions such as occupational therapy.

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Definitions of research by occupational therapy clinicians: An exploratory study

Cited by 6 publications

References 19 publications

Occupational therapists as object users: A critique of Australian practice 1954–1995

Occupational therapists as object users: A critique of Australian practice 1954–1995

Undergraduate research: theory or practice?

Practitioner‐researchers in occupational therapy

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