The Practice-Scholar Program: An Academic-Practice Partnership to Promote the Scholarship of “Best Practices”

Crist, Patricia; Muñoz, Jaime; Hansen, Anne Witchger; Benson, Jeryl D.; Provident, Ingrid

doi:10.1300/j003v19n01_06

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“…An unanticipated outcome of the process was the potential for collaborative research between the university and the practice scholars. This supports previous publications (Crist et al, 2005;Hammel et al, 2004) linking CoP with research and evidence-based practice:…”

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Establishing a community of practice for Occupational Therapy curriculum development: The value of a two‐way process

Thomas

Judd

2015

Aus Occup Therapy J

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The commitment of time, planning and resources required to establish and participate in collaborative curriculum development with practice scholars is shown to be a valuable investment for occupational therapy academics, expert practice scholars and ultimately for student learning. Further studies of student and graduate outcomes from the curriculum are warranted. Potential future outcomes of this process include resilience in graduates and collaborative research with practice scholars.

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Section: Future Opportunitiessupporting

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Establishing a community of practice for Occupational Therapy curriculum development: The value of a two‐way process

Thomas

Judd

2015

Aus Occup Therapy J

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“…However, both forms of acquiring competence are valuable starting points for research and development projects. In fact, collaboration between academics and practitioners on concrete projects has in several countries been viewed as particularly valuable for developing partnerships between different segments of the profession, and for reducing the research-practice gap (Bonsaksen, Celo, Myraunet, Granå, & Ellingham, 2013;Brown, 1994;Crist & Kielhofner, 2005;Crist, Muñoz, Hansen, Benson, & Provident, 2005;Kielhofner, 2005a;Kielhofner, 2005b;Pranger & Brown, 1990). Thus, the detected associations between further education, more work experience, and project involvement seem logical.…”

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Involvement in Research and Development Projects Among Community-working Occupational Therapists in Norway

Bonsaksen

Dolva

Hagby

et al. 2018

Occupational Therapy In Health Care

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A cross-sectional descriptive survey was conducted (n = 561). Almost half of the participants took part in research and development projects. Being involved in research and development was associated with lower age, having further education, and higher levels of work experience. The current and prioritized research topics were reablement and assistive technology. The study implies that community-working occupational therapists are largely involved in research and development, or eager to become involved.

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“…Each approach to the scholarship of practice is different as faculty activities reflect their university context expectations coupled with the gifts of the faculty. DU afforded opportunity to observe a small faculty who balanced teaching and research while study while enhancing their successful practice-scholar initiative which has focused on applied outcomes-based research in occupational therapy [1]. UI-C afforded the opportunity to observe a dichotomous faculty, a research faculty and a clinical teaching faculty.…”

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“…The second capstone event, an invited, international symposium, sponsored by Human Capital Programme (European Funds) brought together faculty from ENOTHE, the four Polish universities and the sponsors of the practicum abroad placements to share best practices and scientific evidence focused on promoting the future development of occupational therapy in Poland. Early in discussions to initiate the practicum agreement, faculty at both the Polish and U.S. universities extended the conversation to also include exploration of a long-term, international academic partnership to support cross-cultural engagement between university faculty for instructional and practice scholarship purposes [1]. To deepen the international partnership, a visiting faculty exchange sponsored by the Academy in Warsaw was coupled with the capstone symposium to deepen the international understanding of academic and practice in both contexts which facilitated additional, innovative thinking regarding expanded, mutually-beneficial, international partnership opportunities.…”

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Report of an International Partnership to Develop a New Entry-level Program and Collaborative Research Agendas (Occupational Therapy) between Poland and the US

Crist¹,

Gryglewicz²

2015

Advances in Rehabilitation

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In 2009, the government of Poland to committed to undertake the development of the first four educational programs for occupational therapy in Poland in collaboration with the support from European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education (ENOTHE; www.eu.enothe). This was a significant undertaking in terms of faculty development and curriculum conceptualization designed to meet the unique educational, health and economic context in Poland that had significant need for occupational therapy practitioners in the county to meet the health needs of their citizens particularly related to quality of life in relation to chronic disease and disability to ensure productive childhood and aging. This report the collaborative educational program development effort between one of the four selected universities, the Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw (UPE-W) and the European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education (ENOTHE; www.eu.enothe). The background that led to this collaboration is outlined including the drivers for the preparation of qualified faculty with occupational therapy background. The ENOTHE Practicum Objective was created to have at least one lead faculty from each of the Polish universities complete an educational practicum. In this case study, the visiting faculty member chose to come to the United States to complete a combined practica that would support entry-level curricular development and assist the newly trained faculty to engage in occupational therapy research as required by the academic institution and necessary for the development of occupational therapy within the Polish environment. The practica faculty provides the rationale for designing this practica and its outcomes to gather knowledge from a renown curriculum that specializes in developing practice-scholars at Duquesne University and a benchmark research faculty and agenda at University of Illinois at Chicago, both also selected because of individuals engaged in international leadership activities. Like the practica, the Capstone Conference is described as a model to further the international exchange. The value of having the experienced international faculty consult onsite with UPE-W academic leadership and faculty provided expanded understanding and strategic conferencing between UPE-W and visiting faculty regarding curriculum development and development of scholarly agenda, individually and collaboratively.

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The Practice-Scholar Program: An Academic-Practice Partnership to Promote the Scholarship of “Best Practices”

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Establishing a community of practice for Occupational Therapy curriculum development: The value of a two‐way process

Establishing a community of practice for Occupational Therapy curriculum development: The value of a two‐way process

Involvement in Research and Development Projects Among Community-working Occupational Therapists in Norway

Report of an International Partnership to Develop a New Entry-level Program and Collaborative Research Agendas (Occupational Therapy) between Poland and the US

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