Unraveling the "Greener Pastures" Concept: The Phenomenology of Internationally Educated Occupational Therapists.
| Autor: | Pineda RC; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium., Abad-Pinlac B; Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands., Yao DPG; Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan.; University of Illinois at Chicago, USA., Toribio FNRB; Handicap International-Humanity & Inclusion, Makati, Philippines., Josephsson S; Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden., Sy MP; Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland.; University of the Philippines Manila, Philippines. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | OTJR : occupation, participation and health [OTJR (Thorofare N J)] 2024 Oct; Vol. 44 (4), pp. 661-670. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 12. |
| DOI: | 10.1177/15394492231205885 |
| Abstrakt: | The Philippines is one of the major labor exporters for health care workers in the world and occupational therapists are the second most likely professionals behind nurses to work in "greener pastures" overseas. This phenomenological study describes the migration experiences of Philippine-trained occupational therapists working in high-income, Anglophone countries. Researchers conducted online interview for 15 participants who were previously/currently unemployed/underemployed. Following an inductive approach to qualitative data analysis, themes were drawn from the migrant therapists' lived experiences. Four themes describe the migration experiences of Filipino occupational therapists: (a) realities of being an occupational therapist in the Philippines, (b) contradictions faced by Filipino occupational therapists upon migration, (c) when the pastures overseas are not greener, and (d) when the pastures overseas are indeed greener. The study contributes to the labor migration discourse in occupational therapy and the critical examination of the idea of "greener pastures." Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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