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- Title
A longitudinal study on the transformation of 15 occupational therapist students’ paradigms into occupational therapists’ paradigms.
- Authors
Björklund, Anita; Svensson, Tommy
- Abstract
Background and Aim: This study describes the transformation of 15 occupational therapist students’ paradigms into occupational therapists’ paradigms according to Törnebohm's theory of paradigms over a period of 6 years. This research particularly considers the paradigm components world view and field of action view in Törnbohm's sense. Method: Qualitative data were collected using essay questions on three occasions: first week and last semester at the Occupational Therapy Programme at the School of Health Sciences, Jönköping, Sweden, and after 3 years of occupational therapy practice. A content analysis of the collected materials was performed. Conclusion: The transformation of the informants’ views could be characterised as comprising three different perspectives: a ‘public’ view in 1995, a ‘theoretical’ view in 1998 and an ‘experiential/contextual’ view in 2001.
- Subjects
OCCUPATIONAL therapists; STUDENTS; PARADIGM (Theory of knowledge); ESSAYS; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH
- Publication
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 2006, Vol 53, Issue 2, p87
- ISSN
0045-0766
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1440-1630.2006.00545.x