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Exploring Student and Faculty Perspectives on Professionalism in Occupational Therapy Education.

The development of professionalism is critical for occupational therapy (OT) students to become competent occupational therapists. This paper reports on the first phase of a multi-phase project to develop and pilot a situational judgement test to support teaching, learning, and development of profes...

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Published in:Open Journal of Occupational Therapy (OJOT) Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 1 - 20
Main Authors: Roberts, Mary Roduta, Barton, Jilaine, Janzen, Amy, Johnson, Carolina, Painchaud, Lauren
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Open Journal of Occupational Therapy Summer2026
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          Janzen, Amy
          Johnson, Carolina
          Painchaud, Lauren
        affil: Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Alberta - Canada
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          Faculty Attitudes Evaluation
          Student Attitudes Evaluation
          Professionalism Psychosocial Factors
          Education, Occupational Therapy Psychosocial Factors
          Students, Occupational Therapy
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          Qualitative Studies
          Exploratory Research
          Semi-Structured Interview
          Descriptive Statistics
          Professionalism Education
          Curriculum Evaluation
          Academic Performance
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      ab: The development of professionalism is critical for occupational therapy (OT) students to become competent occupational therapists. This paper reports on the first phase of a multi-phase project to develop and pilot a situational judgement test to support teaching, learning, and development of professionalism in an OT program. The purpose of this study was to explore faculty and students' perspectives on professionalism and OT. Twenty-two semi-structured interviews were completed with students (n = 18) and faculty (n = 4). The main insights shared included challenges in defining professionalism in OT, the importance of context, and differing perspectives on the effectiveness of teaching professionalism in the curriculum. A working definition is proposed to facilitate a shared understanding of professionalism and inform the development of professionalism scenarios.
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