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- Title
Master's and Doctoral Occupational Therapy Students' Perceptions of Research Integration in Their Programs.
- Authors
Sargent, Jeffrey; Wermers, Ashley; Russo, Lauren; Valdes, Kristin
- Abstract
This is a pilot study with the intent of identifying occupational therapy doctorate (OTD) and master's (MOT) students' perceptions of research in their coursework. A cross-sectional study was conducted through a survey of OTD and MOT students. The Student Perception of Research Integration Questionnaire (SPRIQ) was emailed to graduate occupational therapy programs in the United States. An unpaired single tailed t-test was used to compare the mean scores between the MOT and OTD student responses for each scale and subscale. Two hundred and twenty-six students filled out the questionnaire. Both the OTD and MOT students had a favorable perception of the integration of research into the curriculum with a mean score of 3.63 (MOT) and 3.85 (OTD) out of five. An independent t-test found there was a statistically significant difference between the mean scores for two of the subscales for research integration (current research subscale p = .000 and motivation subscale p = .02) and for the beliefs scale (p = .002). Students enrolled in both MOT and OTD programs have a favorable perception of research being integrated into their curriculums. The OTD students have a more favorable perception of the integration of research in their curriculums, with a 0.30 mean difference between all items on the scale.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CURRICULUM; MEDICAL research; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENT attitudes; SURVEYS; T-test (Statistics); OCCUPATIONAL therapy education; PILOT projects; DOCTORAL programs; CROSS-sectional method; OCCUPATIONAL therapy students
- Publication
Open Journal of Occupational Therapy (OJOT), 2020, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2168-6408
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15453/2168-6408.1614