School of Allied Health, Exercise & Sport Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Albury/Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
School of Allied Health, Exercise & Sport Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Albury/Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
BMJ Open. 2024 Feb 29;14(2):e075886. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075886.
Despite greater needs in rural areas, occupational therapists are maldistributed to urban spaces which limits service access and health outcomes for rural people and communities. Preparation of students for rural practice may improve rural workforce recruitment and retention; however, the range and scope of preparation strategies employed by education providers are unclear. This scoping review aims to understand and describe the range of strategies education services use to prepare occupational therapy students for rural practice across the globe.
The study will include all publications about strategies used to prepare occupational therapy students for future rural practice, prior to enrolment, during the programme or on graduation. , , , , (, , , and databases will be systematically searched in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese languages. Citations will be screened by two or more independent researchers against inclusion criteria and data extracted from included publications using a customised extraction tool. Frequency counts will be provided for study type, student location and sociodemographics, and the timing/educational strategy. The extracted data will be analysed using a matrix framework and presented in diagrammatic/tabular form and accompanied by a narrative summary which will describe how the results relate to the reviews' questions.
This study will not involve human/animal subjects and does not require ethics approval. Results will be disseminated to relevant groups in peer-reviewed journal(s) and at relevant occupational therapy, higher education and/or rural health conferences. Results will also be translated and shared in blogs/social media to support access for non-research audiences and shared with other regional universities to influence curriculum design.
尽管农村地区有更大的需求，但职业治疗师在城市地区的分布不均，这限制了农村人民和社区的服务获取和健康结果。为农村实践准备学生可能会改善农村劳动力的招聘和留用；然而，教育提供者所采用的准备策略的范围和范围尚不清楚。这项范围审查旨在了解和描述教育服务机构在全球范围内为职业治疗学生准备农村实践所采用的各种策略。
该研究将包括所有关于在入学前、在课程中或毕业后为职业治疗学生准备未来农村实践的策略的出版物，这些出版物使用英语、西班牙语、法语和葡萄牙语进行系统搜索。将由两名或更多独立研究人员根据纳入标准筛选引文，并使用自定义提取工具从纳入的出版物中提取数据。将按研究类型、学生位置和社会人口统计学以及时间/教育策略提供频率计数。提取的数据将使用矩阵框架进行分析，并以图表/表格形式呈现，并附有说明性摘要，该摘要将描述结果与审查问题的关系。
本研究将不涉及人类/动物主体，不需要伦理批准。研究结果将在同行评议的期刊和相关的职业治疗、高等教育和/或农村卫生会议上向相关团体传播。结果还将被翻译成博客/社交媒体，以支持非研究受众的获取，并与其他地区的大学分享，以影响课程设计。
