The Effect of Occupational Therapy Education on Students’ Perceived Attitudes Toward Persons With Disabilities

Lee, Tatia M.C.; Paterson, John G.; Chan, Chi Chiu

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“…Three forms of the questionnaire are available: form O is the original form with 20 items; forms A and B, with 30 items, are improved versions of Form O. The tool has been consistently found to be reliable [5,25,33,34], and possess content and construct validity[25]. …”

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Validated instruments used to measure attitudes of healthcare students and professionals towards patients with physical disability: a systematic review

Lam

Gunukula

McGuigan

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J NeuroEngineering Rehabil

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BackgroundInstruments to detect changes in attitudes towards people with disabilities are important for evaluation of training programs and for research. While we were interested in instruments specific for medical students, we aimed to systematically review the medical literature for validated survey instruments used to measure attitudes of healthcare students and professionals towards patients with physical disability.MethodsWe electronically searched Medline, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Health and Psychosocial Instruments. We included papers reporting on the development and/or validation of survey instruments to measure attitudes of healthcare students and professionals towards patients with physical disability. We excluded papers in which the attitudes were not measured in a provider-patient context. Two reviewers carried out titles and abstracts screening, full texts screening, and data abstraction in a duplicate and independent manner using standardized and pilot tested forms.ResultsWe identified seven validated survey instruments used for healthcare students and professionals. These instruments were originally developed for the following target populations: general population (n = 4); dental students (n = 1); nursing students (n = 1); and rehabilitation professionals (n = 1). The types of validity reported for these instruments were content validity (n = 3), criterion-related validity (n = 1), construct validity (n = 2), face validity (n = 1), discriminant validity (n = 1), and responsiveness (n = 1). The most widely validated and used tool (ATDP) was developed in the late 1960s while the most recent instrument was developed in the early 1990s.ConclusionOf the seven identified validated instruments, less than half were specifically designed for healthcare students and professionals and none for medical students. There is a need to develop and validate a contemporary instrument specifically for medical students.

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Validated instruments used to measure attitudes of healthcare students and professionals towards patients with physical disability: a systematic review

Lam

Gunukula

McGuigan

et al. 2010

J NeuroEngineering Rehabil

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“…occupational therapy students) towards inclusion will determine why and how occupational therapy services are implemented within inclusive environments. As suggested in previous literature (Benham, 1988;Estes, Deyer, Hansen & Russell, 1991;Eagly & Chaiken, 1993;Lee, Paterson & Chan, 1994), the attitudes of occupational therapists and occupational therapy students towards inclusion may also play a significant role in the therapeutic relationship with students with disabilities.…”

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Attitudes of entry level occupational therapy doctoral students towards inclusion for students with disabilities

Franck

Konz

2006

Aus Occup Therapy J

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Background/Aims: The increasing popularity of inclusive education for students with disabilities and the attitudes towards it inevitably affect school-based occupational therapy practice. This survey study investigated the attitudes of entry-level occupational therapy doctoral (EOTD) students towards inclusive education and the effect of professional education on their perception. Methods: A total of 62 EOTD students responded to a self-developed questionnaire, Attitudes and Inclusive Education Survey, yielding a response rate of 91.2%. Results: Results of the study revealed that entry level occupational therapy doctoral students have positive attitudes towards inclusive education and believe that the inclusion movement has an inevitable impact on schoolbased occupational therapy practice. Professional education in occupational therapy might positively affect students' attitudes. Conclusion: Given the close association between one's attitude and behaviour, the findings of the study are particularly encouraging. Future research needs to further examine school-based occupational therapy practice in inclusive environments.

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“…The changes in ratings reflected in the then-test procedure were more strongly associated with changes in observed behavioural indicators of interviewing skill (median r = .33) and in judges' ratings of interviewing skills (median r = .43), than were changes reflected in the pretest/post-test procedure (median r values of ¡.05 and ¡.06, respectively). Studies using this methodology have examined the effectiveness of interventions in a variety of contexts, including teacher perceptions of effectiveness (Bray & Howard, 1980), level of job satisfaction (Gutek & Winter, 1992), perceptions of quality of life in cancer patients (Breetvelt & van Dam, 1991), effectiveness of a counsellor education programme (Manthei, 1997), and changing attitudes towards persons with disabilities (Lee, Paterson, & Chan, 1994). As just reported for Howard and Dailey (1979), a number of comparative studies have shown that results from retrospective analyses of change are more similar to objective ratings of change in behaviour or performance than are analyses using the pre/post procedure (Hoogstraten, 1982;Pohl, 1982;Sprangers & Hoogstraten, 1989).…”

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Evaluating change in attitude towards mathematics using the ‘then‐now’ procedure in a cooperative learning programme

Townsend

Wilton

2003

Brit J of Edu Psychol

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The Effect of Occupational Therapy Education on Students’ Perceived Attitudes Toward Persons With Disabilities

Abstract: On the basis of these observations, a positive but nonlinear relationship between occupational therapy education and attitudes toward persons with disabilities was postulated.

Cited by 32 publications

References 5 publications

Validated instruments used to measure attitudes of healthcare students and professionals towards patients with physical disability: a systematic review

Validated instruments used to measure attitudes of healthcare students and professionals towards patients with physical disability: a systematic review

Attitudes of entry level occupational therapy doctoral students towards inclusion for students with disabilities

Evaluating change in attitude towards mathematics using the ‘then‐now’ procedure in a cooperative learning programme

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