Publication Date
2020
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Occupational Therapy Education
Volume
4
Issue
1
DOI
10.26681/jote.2020.040111
Abstract
Civility between health professions students and fieldwork educators enhances positive learning outcomes, while incivility can lead to stress, loss of confidence, mistakes, disengagement, and decreased patient outcomes. A survey of recent graduates of occupational therapy programs (N = 247) explored the prevalence and types of incivility and bullying experienced during their Level II fieldwork experiences. Respondents reported that incivility in fieldwork education was widespread, with more severe experiences of bullying reported by 16% of respondents. Occupational therapy programs and fieldwork educators must take an active role in prevention and management of uncivil behaviors, and promote positive academic and patient care environments.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Department
Occupational Therapy
Recommended Citation
Deborah J. Bolding, Travis Dudley, Adrienne Dahlmeier, Lauren Bland, Aimee Castro, and Adrianna Covarrubias. "Prevalence and Types of Incivility in Occupational Therapy Fieldwork" Journal of Occupational Therapy Education (2020). https://doi.org/10.26681/jote.2020.040111
