Do Patterns of Sensory Processing and Adult Temperament Predict Success in Occupational Therapy Clinical Education?
Event Type
Presentation
Start Date
12-1-2020 9:00 AM
End Date
12-1-2020 12:00 PM
Description
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the relationships between temperament and sensory processing patterns and fieldwork performance. Information gathered may increase the student's understanding and self-awareness of their own sensory processing and temperament patterns. Occupational therapy academic fieldwork coordinators can use the information to support student fieldwork performance success by increasing
Method: The project was a cross-sectional study of two student cohorts of graduate occupational therapy students from two campuses of the same not for profit university. Three instruments were used to collect data: Fieldwork Performance Evaluation (from a completed Level II fieldwork experience), the Adult Temperament Questionnaire, and the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile.
Results: Scores from the three research instruments were analyzed using descriptive statistics and appropriate procedures from the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Results indicate correlations do exist between scores on subsections of the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile and Fieldwork Performance Evaluation, as well as scores from the Adult Temperament Questionnaire and Fieldwork Performance Evaluation.
Conclusions: Clinical education experiences are an integral part of an occupational therapy program curriculum. This is one of the first studies to examine the relationship between sensory processing and temperament patterns and how those patterns correlate with higher success in fieldwork performance. There is evidence of predictability of fieldwork success based on certain temperament and sensory processing patterns as determined by the two assessments. Interpretation of results highlight the potential benefit for occupational therapy fieldwork educators using the Adolescent / Adult Sensory Profile and Adult Temperament Questionnaire as tools for students to promote self-awareness for optimal performance during fieldwork experiences.
Recommended Citation
Reinoso, G., Decker, T., Thomas, M., Wheaton, V., Bologna, G., Samulak, L., Hannigan, K., Fontenault, J., & Leininger, C. (2020), Do Patterns of Sensory Processing and Adult Temperament Predict Success in Occupational Therapy Clinical Education?, Presentation, Sixth Annual Research Colloquium, https://nsuworks.nova.edu/ot_colloquium/sixth/events/4
Do Patterns of Sensory Processing and Adult Temperament Predict Success in Occupational Therapy Clinical Education?
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the relationships between temperament and sensory processing patterns and fieldwork performance. Information gathered may increase the student's understanding and self-awareness of their own sensory processing and temperament patterns. Occupational therapy academic fieldwork coordinators can use the information to support student fieldwork performance success by increasing
Method: The project was a cross-sectional study of two student cohorts of graduate occupational therapy students from two campuses of the same not for profit university. Three instruments were used to collect data: Fieldwork Performance Evaluation (from a completed Level II fieldwork experience), the Adult Temperament Questionnaire, and the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile.
Results: Scores from the three research instruments were analyzed using descriptive statistics and appropriate procedures from the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Results indicate correlations do exist between scores on subsections of the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile and Fieldwork Performance Evaluation, as well as scores from the Adult Temperament Questionnaire and Fieldwork Performance Evaluation.
Conclusions: Clinical education experiences are an integral part of an occupational therapy program curriculum. This is one of the first studies to examine the relationship between sensory processing and temperament patterns and how those patterns correlate with higher success in fieldwork performance. There is evidence of predictability of fieldwork success based on certain temperament and sensory processing patterns as determined by the two assessments. Interpretation of results highlight the potential benefit for occupational therapy fieldwork educators using the Adolescent / Adult Sensory Profile and Adult Temperament Questionnaire as tools for students to promote self-awareness for optimal performance during fieldwork experiences.