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Occupational Therapy Students’ Experiential And Self-Regulated Learning In A Community Program For Breast Cancer Survivors, Karen Ratcliff, Theresa M. Smith
Occupational Therapy Students’ Experiential And Self-Regulated Learning In A Community Program For Breast Cancer Survivors, Karen Ratcliff, Theresa M. Smith
Journal of Occupational Therapy Education
Occupational therapy educators utilize varied educational theories to prepare occupational therapy students to develop the knowledge, clinical reasoning, and professionalism necessary for successful Level II fieldwork completion. Students need to be equipped to apply didactic knowledge to patient intervention and care. Students can benefit by engaging in authentic experiences that extend didactic learning to real life challenges. Providing such experiences requires careful thought and consideration of course design by faculty. This manuscript describes the use of experiential learning and self-regulated learning theory to design and implement a student-run, community-based cognitive rehabilitation program for breast cancer survivors. This program afforded the …
Critical Thinking In Occupational Therapy Education: A Systematic Mapping Review, Jennifer S. Pitonyak, Sarah Nielsen, Shirley P. O'Brien, Cecille Corsilles-Sy, Devon Olson Lambert, Lynn E. Jaffe
Critical Thinking In Occupational Therapy Education: A Systematic Mapping Review, Jennifer S. Pitonyak, Sarah Nielsen, Shirley P. O'Brien, Cecille Corsilles-Sy, Devon Olson Lambert, Lynn E. Jaffe
Journal of Occupational Therapy Education
Critical thinking is a component of occupational therapy education that is often intertwined with professional reasoning, even though it is a distinct construct. While other professions have focused on describing and studying the disciplinary-specific importance of critical thinking, the small body of literature in occupational therapy education on critical thinking has not been systematically analyzed. Therefore, a systematic mapping review was conducted to examine, describe, and map existing scholarly work about critical thinking in occupational therapy education. Inclusion/exclusion criteria were set, database searches conducted, and 63 articles identified that met criteria for full review based on their abstracts. Thirty-five articles …