Identifying educational priorities for occupational therapy students to prepare for mental health practice in Australia and New Zealand: opinions of practising occupational therapists Scanlan, Justin Newton, Pépin, Genevieve, Haracz, Kirsti, Ennals, Priscilla, Webster, Jayne S., Meredith, Pamela J., Batten, Rachel, Bowman, Siann, Bonassi, Marianne and Bruce, Rosie 2015, Identifying educational priorities for occupational therapy students to prepare for mental health practice in Australia and New Zealand: opinions of practising occupational therapists, Australian occupational therapy journal, vol. 62, no. 5, Special issue : Mental health and occupational therapy, pp. 286-298, doi: 10.1111/1440-1630.12194. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Identifying educational priorities for occupational therapy students to prepare for mental health practice in Australia and New Zealand: opinions of practising occupational therapists Author(s) Scanlan, Justin Newton Pépin, Genevieve Haracz, Kirsti Ennals, Priscilla Webster, Jayne S. Meredith, Pamela J. Batten, Rachel Bowman, Siann Bonassi, Marianne Bruce, Rosie Journal name Australian occupational therapy journal Volume number 62 Issue number 5 Season Special issue : Mental health and occupational therapy Start page 286 End page 298 Total pages 13 Publisher Wiley Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2015-10 ISSN 1440-1630 0045-0766 Keyword(s) Delphi technique mental health occupational therapy process/competency standards occupational therapy professional attitudes and behaviours students Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Rehabilitation TURNOVER INTENTION RETENTION ISSUES WORKING RECRUITMENT CURRICULUM BURNOUT Summary BACKGROUND: The effective preparation of occupational therapy students for mental health practice is critical to facilitate positive consumer outcomes, underpin optimal practice and support new graduates' professional identity. This project was established to determine a set of 'educational priorities' for occupational therapy students to prepare them for current (and future) entry-level practice in mental health, from the perspective of mental health occupational therapists in Australia and New Zealand. METHODS: The study included two phases. In Phase One, participants identified what they considered to be important educational priorities for occupational therapy students to prepare them for practice in mental health. For Phase Two, an 'expert panel' was assembled to review and rank these using a Policy Delphi approach. RESULTS: Eighty-five participants provided educational priorities in Phase One. These were grouped into a total of 149 educational themes. In Phase Two, the expert panel (consisting of 37 occupational therapists from diverse locations and practice settings) prioritised these themes across three Delphi rounds. A final priority list was generated dividing educational themes into three prioritised categories: 29 'Essential', 25 'Important' and 44 'Optional' priorities. Highest-ranked priorities were: clinical reasoning, client-centred practice, therapeutic use of self, functional implications of mental illness, therapeutic use of occupation and mental health fieldwork experience. CONCLUSION: The priority list developed as part of this project provides additional information to support the review of occupational therapy curricula across Australia and New Zealand to ensure that new graduates are optimally prepared for mental health practice. Language eng DOI 10.1111/1440-1630.12194 Field of Research 110399 Clinical Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920205 Health Education and Promotion HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, Occupational Therapy Australia Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30081321 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Health and Social Development Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 11 Feb 2016, 12:53:45 EST Fri, 12 Feb 2016, 04:01:16 EST Fri, 12 Feb 2016, 05:08:55 EST Fri, 19 Feb 2016, 13:27:39 EST Fri, 19 Feb 2016, 13:31:22 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 3 times in TR Web of Science Cited 3 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 102 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 11 Feb 2016, 12:53:45 EST

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