2017
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2017.025460
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Impact of a Fieldwork Experience on Attitudes Toward People With Intellectual Disabilities

Abstract: Level I fieldwork significantly improved the attitudes of occupational therapy students toward people with IDs, whereas a lecture did not.

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“…The research done by Sullivan and Mendonca (2017) compared the contact of students of occupational therapy with the person with disabilities through lectures or in fieldwork. The authors concluded that direct contact (fieldwork) significantly improved students' attitudes towards people with disabilities (Sullivan & Mendonca, 2017). Thus, specific practices -such as lectures -may not have the desired effect on changing the paradigm and attitudes of health professionals towards people with disabilities.…”
Section: Coursesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The research done by Sullivan and Mendonca (2017) compared the contact of students of occupational therapy with the person with disabilities through lectures or in fieldwork. The authors concluded that direct contact (fieldwork) significantly improved students' attitudes towards people with disabilities (Sullivan & Mendonca, 2017). Thus, specific practices -such as lectures -may not have the desired effect on changing the paradigm and attitudes of health professionals towards people with disabilities.…”
Section: Coursesmentioning
confidence: 99%