Heine Donna, Bennett Normajean
Eastern Michigan University Occupational Therapy Program, Ypsilanti, MI.
Occup Ther Health Care. 2003;17(2):89-97. doi: 10.1080/J003v17n02_06.
To prepare occupational therapy students to work in emerging practice areas, and meet standards of accreditation, we must provide them with Level I fieldwork opportunities which may not currently employ occupational therapists. This juncture causes us to examine the current fieldwork system and make recommendations for the future. The question is raised as to whether or not non-occupational therapists should supervise occupational therapy students. A description of advantages and disadvantages of non-occupational therapist supervision is presented. The results of the 70 Eastern Michigan University students surveyed about their type of Level I fieldwork supervision and its effectiveness, revealed that though the overall ratings of non-occupational therapist supervisors were somewhat lower than those of the occupational therapists, data from this study support using Level I fieldwork sites with non-occupational therapist supervisors.
为使职业治疗专业学生能够在新兴实践领域工作并达到认证标准，我们必须为他们提供一级实习机会，而这些领域目前可能并未聘用职业治疗师。这一情况促使我们审视当前的实习体系，并为未来提出建议。由此引发了一个问题，即非职业治疗师是否应该监督职业治疗专业学生。本文介绍了非职业治疗师监督的优缺点。对东密歇根大学70名学生进行的关于一级实习监督类型及其有效性的调查结果显示，尽管非职业治疗师督导的总体评分略低于职业治疗师，但本研究的数据支持在一级实习场所使用非职业治疗师督导。
