Data on Occupational Medicine Detailed by Researchers at Monash University (Perspectives of individuals receiving occupational therapy services through the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Implications for occupational therapy educators)

2019 NOV 12 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Education Daily Report -- Researchers detail new data in Health and Medicine - Occupational Medicine. According to news reporting originating in Frankston, Australia, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “With the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Australia, occupational therapy graduates need to be adequately prepared to support service users in this new policy context. There is, however, limited research informed by service users themselves to inform contemporary occupational therapy curriculum redesign.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Monash University, “The aims of this study were: (a) to explore the experience of occupational therapy service provision from the perspective of service users with lived experience of disability; (b) to gain an understanding of the perceptions of people with lived experience of disability regarding the NDIS and whether it will change how they work with occupational therapists; © to gain an understanding of the perspectives of people with lived experience of disability regarding the NDIS, and how this influences curriculum content for occupational therapy education. A pragmatic qualitative design, underpinned by the constructivist paradigm was utilised. Demographic surveys and semi-structured interviews were completed with 10 participants who were purposively recruited. Peer debriefing and use of an audit trail were undertaken to enhance the rigour of the analysis. Three themes were identified: (a) Occupational therapists as gatekeepers for equipment provision; (b) experience of the NDIS (Knowledge and understanding of the NDIS; Uncertainty regarding the NDIS; Choice and control in the NDIS); © curriculum content for occupational therapy. The insights provided by the people with lived experience in this study inform key areas of focus for occupational therapy curriculum to adequately prepare graduates to work in the evolving NDIS environment.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Involving service users in an authentic manner in curriculum design, content delivery and student assessment is crucial for ‘real-world’ applicability of student education.”

For more information on this research see: Perspectives of individuals receiving occupational therapy services through the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Implications for occupational therapy educators. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 2019;():. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal can be contacted at: Blackwell Publishing Inc, 350 Main St, Malden, MA 02148, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Australian Occupational Therapy Journal - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1440-1630)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting L. Barclay, Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Monash University, Frankston, Vic, Australia. Additional authors for this research include L. Callaway and K. Pope.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.12620. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

The publisher of the Australian Occupational Therapy Journal can be contacted at: Blackwell Publishing Inc, 350 Main St, Malden, MA 02148, USA.

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