Pre-admission factors influencing practice area preference in occupational therapy

Occupational Therapy in Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 23-40

  Philipps, Melissa A ^a   Maloney, Nancy L ^b   Stevens, Anne C ^c   Madigan, M Jeanne ^d   Cash, Sandra H ^d  

^a Stafford County Public Schools   (United States)

^b John Randolph Medical Center   (United States)

^c Child Development Resources   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STUDENT;

EID: 0030912786     PISSN: 0164212X     EISSN: 15413101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J004v13n03_02     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. American Occupational Therapy Association. (1994). 1994 Education Data Survey Final Report: 1993 Survey of Educational Programs. American Occupational Therapy Association: Rockville, MD.
2. Barris, R., & Kielhofner, G. (1986). Beliefs, perspectives, and activities of psychosocial occupational therapy educators. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 40, 535–541.
3. Bonder, B. R. (1987). Occupational therapy in mental health: Crisis or opportunity? American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 41, 495–499.
4. Brollier, C. (1970). Personality characteristics of three allied health professional groups. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 24, 500–505.
5. Brollier, C. (1985). A multivariate predictive study of staff OTR job satisfaction: Some results of importance to psychosocial occupational therapy. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 5, 13–27.
6. Christie, B. A., Joyce, P. C., & Moeller, P. L. (1985). Fieldwork experience, part I: Impact on practice area preference. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 39, 671–674.
7. Coker, R. E., Jr., Black, K. W., Donnelly, T. G., & Miller, N. (1960). Pattems of influence: Medical school faculty members and the valúes and specialty interests of medical students. Journal of Medical Education, 35, 518–527.
8. Eagle, P. E, & Marcos, L. R. (1980). Factors in medical students choice of psychiatry. American Journal of Psychiatry, 137, 423–427.
9. Ezersky, S., Havazelet, L., Scott, A. H., and Zettler, C. L. B. (1989). Specialty choice in occupational therapy. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 43, 227–233.
10. Friedland, J., & Renwick, R. M. (1993). Psychosocial occupational therapy: Time to shake ofFthe gloom and doom. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 47,461–411.
11. Lyons, M. & Hayes, R. (1993). Student perceptions of persons with psychiatric and other disorders. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 47, 541–547.
12. Markham, B. (1979). Can a behavioral science course change medical students’ attitudes? Journal of Psychiatric Medicine, 3, 44–54.
13. Page, S. (1987, September). Factors that influence students’ choice of mental health as a career. Mental Health Special Interest Section Newsletter, 10, 1–3.
14. Pnce, S. (1993). New pathways for psychosocial occupational therapists. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 47, 557–559.
15. Scott, A. H. (1990). A review, reflections and recommendations: Specialty preference of mental health in occupational therapy. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 10, 1–28.
16. Sexton, D. L., Munro, B. H., & Sulzbach, L. M. (1993). Factors that influence CNS’s decisión about specialization. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 7, 200–205.
17. Short, J. E. (1984). Changing role expectations of psychiatric occupational therapists. Occupational Therapy Journal of Mental Health, 44, 19–27.
18. Stafford, E. M. (1986). Relationship between occupational therapy student leaming styles and clinic performance. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 40, 34–39.
19. Stokebrand, K. S., Blackman, K. A., Madigan, J., & Cash, S. (1995). The impact of admission criteria on practice area preferences in occupational therapy Unpublished manuscript, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.
20. Swinehart, S., & Feinberg, J. (1990). The relationship between admission criteria and practice preferences. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 44, 447–452.
21. Waltermire, D. (1993). Facíng uncertain times withhope. OT Week, 47, 68–73.
22. Wittman, P., Swinehart, S., Cahill, R., & St. Michel, G. (1989). Variables affecting specialty choice in occupational therapy. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 43, 602–606.