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Student-led occupational performance coaching in a university setting.
Mary Yvonne Egan1, Darene Toal-Sullivan1, Dorothy Kessler2
1School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
The British Journal of Occupational Therapy
|May 8, 2025
Summary
Occupational performance coaching significantly improved anxiety and depression in university students. This strengths-based approach, delivered via tele-rehabilitation by fieldwork students, is a valuable mental health support.
Area of Science:
- Occupational therapy
- Mental health services
- Tele-rehabilitation
Background:
- University students face significant mental health challenges.
- Occupational performance coaching (OPC) is a strengths-based, goal-oriented intervention.
- Tele-rehabilitation offers a scalable solution for student support.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate a tele-rehabilitation OPC service for university students.
- To assess the impact of OPC on student mental health and goal achievement.
- To explore the development of competencies in student therapists.
Main Methods:
- Pilot project utilizing a pretest-post-test design.
- 35 university students received 1-6 sessions of OPC.
- Intervention outcomes measured via symptom severity (depression, anxiety, stress) and goal attainment.
- Semi-structured interviews conducted with student clients and therapists.
Main Results:
- Students identified diverse goals (academic, health, social, vocational).
- Significant improvements observed in anxiety and depression symptom severity post-intervention.
- Clients made notable progress towards their identified goals.
- Occupational therapy students developed comparable competencies to traditional placements.
Conclusions:
- Tele-rehabilitation OPC is a viable and valuable mental health service for university students.
- Supervised fieldwork students can effectively deliver OPC.
- OPC demonstrates potential to enhance student well-being and academic success.
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