Steenbergen Karen, Mackenzie Lynette
Mercy Care Centre, Young, New South Wales, Australia.
Aust J Rural Health. 2004 Aug;12(4):160-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1854.2004.00590.x.
To explore the experiences of professional support among new graduates working in rural New South Wales, including the current availability of professional support and the impact of support levels on professional practice.
Qualitative, using semistructured face-to-face or telephone interviews.
New graduate occupational therapists employed in public and private hospitals and community health services in rural New South Wales.
Nine new graduate occupational therapists within their first year of practice.
A description of participant experiences of professional support and strategies to enhance the recruitment and retention of occupational therapists in rural areas.
Participants reported varied experiences of professional support and emphasised the importance of having access to a wide variety of resources. Participants highlighted that professional support could assist in developing independence and other skills. However, ultimately a lack of support resulted in decreased confidence and subsequent decreased job satisfaction among participants.
The findings suggest that greater effort should be directed to ensuring that all new graduates have access to professional support, including structured supervision, and that strategies be explored and adopted to ensure that this occurs.
探讨在新南威尔士州农村地区工作的新毕业生获得专业支持的经历，包括当前专业支持的可获得性以及支持水平对专业实践的影响。
采用半结构化面对面或电话访谈的定性研究。
受雇于新南威尔士州农村地区公立和私立医院及社区卫生服务机构的新毕业职业治疗师。
从业第一年的九名新毕业职业治疗师。
描述参与者获得专业支持的经历以及提高农村地区职业治疗师招聘和留用率的策略。
参与者报告了不同的专业支持经历，并强调了获取各种资源的重要性。参与者强调专业支持有助于培养独立性和其他技能。然而，最终缺乏支持导致参与者信心下降，进而工作满意度降低。
研究结果表明，应加大力度确保所有新毕业生都能获得专业支持，包括结构化监督，并探索和采用相关策略以确保实现这一点。
