Reasons for attrition from occupational therapy.
This study examined the reasons why occupational therapists have left the field of occupational therapy. The purpose of the study was to find ways to prevent attrition and to bring back those who have left the field as a means to address the profession's personnel shortage. Questionnaires from 696 t...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 23 - 30 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | research Journal Article |
| Publicado: |
American Occupational Therapy Association
Jan1990
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=107512602&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 107512602 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 02729490 44I jtl: American Journal of Occupational Therapy issn: 02729490 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan1990 vid: 44 iid: 1 pid: 6680 pub: American Occupational Therapy Association place: North Bethesda, Maryland artinfo: ui: 107512602 107512602 86009010 1990102318 10.5014/ajot.44.1.23 NLM2405686 107512602 ppf: 23 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Reasons for attrition from occupational therapy. aug: au: Bailey DM sug: subj: Occupational Therapy United States Students, Allied Health Personnel Retention Personnel Shortage Occupational Therapists Student Dropouts United States Job Satisfaction Questionnaires Descriptive Research Work Environment Female Human Female ab: This study examined the reasons why occupational therapists have left the field of occupational therapy. The purpose of the study was to find ways to prevent attrition and to bring back those who have left the field as a means to address the profession's personnel shortage. Questionnaires from 696 therapists who have left the profession were analyzed. The therapists' most common reasons for leaving were (a) childbearing and child rearing; (b) geographic relocation and subsequent inability to find a job; (c) excessive paperwork; (d) desire for increased salary and promotional opportunities; (e) high caseloads, stress, and burnout; (f) the acutal practice of occupational therapy not being what was expected; (g) dissatisfaction with bureaucracy; (h) the chronicity and severity of the clients' illnesses; and (i) an inability to find part-time work. Most therapists who left the profession did not return to practice because they felt professionally out of date and unable to compete with younger therapists. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|