评估加拿大职业治疗师的文化能力和敏捷性:一个跨部门混合方法调查
概括
加拿大的职业治疗师 (OT) 的多样性有限,在文化意识和能力方面得分较低. 尽管存在系统性问题,但大多数OTs对解决医疗保健障碍感到自信,强调需要更大的包容性.
科学领域:
- 卫生专业 卫生专业 卫生专业
- 健康的社会决定因素
- 医疗保健中的文化能力.
背景情况:
- 加拿大职业治疗 (OT) 专业机构要求文化,公平和正义作为核心能力.
- 该研究解决了需要了解OT职业中的多样性及其对文化响应性护理的能力.
- 专注于文化能力和文化灵活性,为应得公平的群体服务.
研究的目的:
- 调查加拿大职业治疗师的多样性.
- 探索职业治疗师在提供文化响应性护理方面的观点.
- 评估职业治疗师的文化能力和灵活性.
主要方法:
- 对240名职业治疗师进行了横截面混合方法调查.
- 数据收集包括人口统计数据,文化能力评估工具 (意识/敏感性和能力行为子表),以及一个开放式问题.
- 使用描述性统计数据分析了定量数据,并对定性数据进行了内容分析.
主要成果:
- 该样本主要由女性海外教师 (90.7%) 组成,种族多样性有限; 41%的种族确定,其中21.3%是东南亚裔.
- 在文化意识和敏感性 (3.17/7) 和文化能力行为 (3.22/7) 中,OT报告得分较低.
- 尽管承认医疗保健系统的不信任和障碍,但大多数OT都对解决这些问题感到有信心,这表明需要个人和系统的包容性.
结论:
- 被调查的职业治疗师样本在性别,种族和种族方面表现出较低的多样性.
- 加拿大OTs对健康差异,患者获取障碍以及他们解决这些挑战的有效性表现出不同的看法.
- 这些发现强调了加拿大职业治疗实践中需要增强文化响应能力和系统变革的必要性.
相关概念视频
Surveys
16.6K
Often, psychologists develop surveys as a means of gathering data. Surveys are lists of questions to be answered by research participants, and can be delivered as paper-and-pencil questionnaires, administered electronically, or conducted verbally. Generally, the survey itself can be completed in a short time, and the ease of administering a survey makes it easy to collect data from a large number of people.
16.6K
Interdisciplinary Care: The Health Care Team-II
2.1K
An interdisciplinary team includes many healthcare professionals working together and utilizing their skills, knowledge, and expertise to provide holistic and quality patient care. Here are a few more healthcare professionals.
Physical Therapist
A physical therapist (PT) aims to restore function or prevent additional impairment in a patient following an injury or disease. Massage, heat, cold, water, sonar waves, exercises, and electrical stimulation are some treatments used by PTs to treat...
Physical Therapist
A physical therapist (PT) aims to restore function or prevent additional impairment in a patient following an injury or disease. Massage, heat, cold, water, sonar waves, exercises, and electrical stimulation are some treatments used by PTs to treat...
2.1K
Modeling in Therapy
366
Modeling, a key technique in therapy, uses observational learning to help clients acquire and practice new skills by watching therapists demonstrate desired behaviors. This approach, rooted in Albert Bandura's concept of vicarious learning, plays a significant role in therapeutic interventions for various psychological conditions, including social anxiety, ADHD, and depression.
Participant Modeling
Participant modeling involves therapists demonstrating calm and effective behaviors in...
Participant Modeling
Participant modeling involves therapists demonstrating calm and effective behaviors in...
366


