Abstract
Enhancing occupational therapy students’ learning through self-assessment and reflection: A case study
2012 Learning & Teaching Week Program, p.14
Learning & Teaching Week, 2012 (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 20-Aug-2012–24-Aug-2012)
2012
Abstract
Tertiary and higher education institutions are charged with producing occupational therapy graduates who are fit for the purposes of clinical practice. In addition, the occupational therapy profession requires particular graduate skills, notably that of professional reasoning. Professional reasoning requires self-reflection and evaluation and these particular skills are clearly identified as part of the Australian Minimum Competency Standards for New Graduate Occupational Therapists (OTAL 2010). The Occupational Therapy Discipline at the University of the Sunshine Coast is carrying out a pilot study to determine if the implementation of an exemplar marking activity and self-assessment enhances OT students' reflective and reasoning skills. On one identified OT course, students have been required to carry out a pre-marking activity of previous students work, using the marking guidelines to enhance their understanding of the assignment requirements. Once they used this experience to inform their own submission, they were asked to complete an online self-assessment tool, known as ReView. ReView indicates to the marker the mark that the student perceives the submission to be worth. The marker then targets feedback at those areas of discrepancy between the perceived and actual mark. Students who took part in this activity reflected on their learning needs which has been captured in focus group interviews. The data will be collated and analysed in relation to determining how this active participation in their own learning is a skill that students take with them in to practice. Findings from this pilot will be presented.
Details
- Title
- Enhancing occupational therapy students’ learning through self-assessment and reflection: A case study
- Authors
- Marion Gray (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringAilsa Gillen (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Publication details
- 2012 Learning & Teaching Week Program, p.14
- Conference details
- Learning & Teaching Week, 2012 (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 20-Aug-2012–24-Aug-2012)
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Date published
- 2012
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2012 The Author. Reproduced with the permission of the author.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448728202621
- Output Type
- Abstract
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