Unprecedented societal changes have provided an opportunity and obligation for occupational therapy (OT) to expand practice to include emerging and innovative practice areas (E/IPA), defined as practice settings and/or client populations without an established OT presence (Hammel, 2021; Moynihan et al., 2021; Vogenberg & Santilli, 2018; Kantartzis, 2020; Larsson-Lund & Nyman, 2020; Holmes & Scaffa, 2009). However, diversification of OT practice is met with numerous challenges, including but not limited to a scarcity of role models to emulate and a paucity of explicit and comprehensive education surrounding intrinsic and extrinsic factors critical to effective practice in these domains (Dancza et al., 2019; Zubriski et al., 2020, Thew et al., 2018; McCombie & Antanavage, 2017; Gray et al., 2021; Morgenroth et al., 2015). This doctoral project sought to explicate the importance of equitable access to role models in E/IPA for the continued growth of the profession. This was done through the development and implementation of a podcast series featuring occupational therapy practitioners (OTPs) working in E/IPA in an entry-level occupational therapy doctoral (El-OTD) course at Boston University (BU). Results suggest that podcasts are a feasible means to support access to role models in E/IPA within an OT academic setting. An introduction to the problem, review of relevant literature, program development specifics based on evidence-based practice for role modeling and podcasting interventions, program evaluation strategies, and funding/dissemination strategies are described.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/46614 |
| Date | 24 August 2023 |
| Creators | Kubiak, Abbigail |
| Contributors | Jacobs, Karen |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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