Exploring occupational therapists’ professional identity: A Q-method study
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Exploring occupational therapists’ professional identity: A Q-method studyAuthor(s)
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2023-02-20Citation
Souto-Gómez AI, Talavera-Valverde MÁ, García-de-la-Torre MD, Márquez-Álvarez LJ. Exploring Occupational Therapists' Professional Identity: A Q-Method Study. Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Feb 20;11(4):630.
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[Abstract+ (1) Background: This study examines the nature of the rarely studied factors of the professional identity from an occupational therapist’s perspective. (2) Methods: Q-methodology was applied to identify the different perspectives. Participants were selected through a non-probability sampling procedure in the whole Spanish territory. Different assessment tools were considered, in order to develop an ad hoc tool which had 40 statements classified into four categories. A factor analysis was performed by applying Ken-Q analysis v.1.0. (3) Results: Thirty-seven occupational therapists participated in the study. Their diverse approaches revealed different perspectives that influence the professional identity of occupational therapists: professional identity, due to referents, a grey field on professional identity, reaffirming a common professional identity, the role of education and mentors on professional identity and the outcome of ongoing training, in order to develop the abovementioned identity. (4) Conclusions: Once the different aspects of the professional identity have been understood, future educational initiatives can be designed to adapt curricula to the professional scene.
Keywords
Occupational therapy
Occupational therapists
Professional identity
Professional
Q-method
Occupational therapists
Professional identity
Professional
Q-method
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2227-9032