McCordic L
Can J Occup Ther. 1975 Autumn;42(3):97-103. doi: 10.1177/000841747504200304.
This paper examines some of the factors which were involved in the December 1974, decision, of the Ontario's Minister of Colleges and Universities to Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology to establish an experimental program in occupational therapy. This program is being launched without the endorsement of the provincial and national association of occupational therapy which wish to maintain a baccalaureate level of education for occupational therapists in a university settings. Some questions which are explored in the examination of this case are: What is a College of Applied Arts and Technology? How is it different from a University? What is a profession? What is a paraprofession? Is occupational therapy a profession or a paraprofession? Why did Mohawk College propose an occupational therapy program? What factors contributed to the occupational therapists' inability to stop the proposal? What was the process of approval of the proposal? How important are status and prestige as factors in these issues? The following discussion will attempt to deal with these questions as they relate to the educational arrangements for occupational therapists in Ontario.
本文探讨了一些与1974年12月安大略省高校部长决定在莫霍克应用艺术与技术学院设立职业治疗实验项目相关的因素。该项目在未经省级和全国职业治疗协会认可的情况下启动，这些协会希望在大学环境中维持职业治疗师的学士学位教育水平。在审视该案例时探讨的一些问题包括：什么是应用艺术与技术学院？它与大学有何不同？什么是专业？什么是准专业？职业治疗是专业还是准专业？莫霍克学院为何提议开展职业治疗项目？哪些因素导致职业治疗师无法阻止该提议？该提议的审批过程是怎样的？在这些问题中，地位和声望作为因素有多重要？以下讨论将尝试处理这些与安大略省职业治疗师教育安排相关的问题。
