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The Impact Of Multicultural Education Course On Therapist Cultural Competence, Gemma Cosky Saxon
The Impact Of Multicultural Education Course On Therapist Cultural Competence, Gemma Cosky Saxon
Occupational Therapy Capstones
"The need for culturally skilled occupational therapists (OTs) has been documented for years" (Wittman & Velde, 2002). In 2009, Cherry, Kitchens, Nicholson, Soden, Tomkiewicz, Kedia & Shah found that 32.8% of their respondents did not know about the demand for culturally competent occupational therapy (OT) services and cultural factors that could influence a client's occupational performance. Of this group 55-85% rated themselves as having limited awareness.
The purpose of this proposed study was to assess the effectiveness of the University of North Dakota (UND) OT multicultural course in preparing graduates toward cultural competence. The assessment was then compared to the …