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Mental health consumer participation in undergraduate occupational therapy student assessment: No negative impact.
- Source :
- Australian Occupational Therapy Journal; Dec2018, Vol. 65 Issue 6, p494-502, 9p, 1 Diagram, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Background/aim: Australian accreditation standards for occupational therapy courses require consumer participation in the design, delivery and evaluation of programs. This study investigated whether a mental health consumer – as one of two assessors for an oral assessment in a mental health unit – impacted engagement, anxiety states and academic performance of undergraduate occupational therapy students. Methods: Students (n = 131 eligible) self‐selected into two groups but were blinded to the group differences (assessor panel composition) until shortly prior to the oral assessment. Control group assessors were two occupational therapy educators, while consumer group assessors included an occupational therapy educator and a mental health consumer. Results: Pre‐ and post‐assessment data were successfully matched for 79 students (overall response rate = 73.1%). No evidence was found of significant differences between the two groups for engagement, anxiety or academic performance (all P values >0.05). Conclusion: Including mental health consumers as assessors did not negatively impact student engagement and academic performance, nor increase student anxiety beyond that typically observed in oral assessment tasks. The findings provide support for expanding the role of mental health consumers in the education and assessment of occupational therapy students. Development of methods to determine the efficacy of consumer involvement remains an area for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANALYSIS of variance
ANXIETY
COMPARATIVE studies
EXPERIMENTAL design
MENTAL health
PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
RESEARCH funding
RATING of students
SURVEYS
T-test (Statistics)
PATIENT participation
OCCUPATIONAL therapy education
VISUAL analog scale
PRE-tests & post-tests
ACCREDITATION
UNDERGRADUATES
DATA analysis software
STATE-Trait Anxiety Inventory
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
OCCUPATIONAL therapy students
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00450766
- Volume :
- 65
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 133443442
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.12484