The development of expertise in paediatric rehabilitation therapists: The roles of motivation, openness to experience, and types of caseload experience
| Autor: | Deborah Strachan, Mary Ann Tucker, Melissa Currie, Doreen J. Bartlett, Gillian King, Colleen Willoughby |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Adolescent
Physical Therapy Cross-sectional study medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject Decision Making MEDLINE Expertise Professional Competence Occupational Therapy Openness to experience medicine Humans Child Recreation Physical Therapy Modalities media_common Ontario Motivation Disability Rehabilitation Infant Cognition Childhood Disabled Children Maturity (psychological) Cross-Sectional Studies Child Preschool Workforce Therapist Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Physical Therapy Publications |
| ISSN: | 1440-1630 0045-0766 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2007.00681.x |
| Popis: | Background/aim: A transdisciplinary approach was taken to study the nature of variables associated with the development of expertise in 71 paediatric rehabilitation therapists (i.e. physical, occupational, speech, behavioural, and recreational therapists). Methods: Six groups of practising therapists were identified based on expertise status (novice, intermediate, and expert, as determined by a multifaceted assessment battery), and their level of clinical experience (10 years or less, more than 10 years). Scores for these six therapist groups were examined on three variables generally considered to be associated with the development of expertise — motivation, openness to experience (as defined by the critical-thinking dispositions of truth-seeking, open-mindedness, and cognitive maturity), and features of their clinical caseload experience (i.e. breadth of experience as measured by number of different client age groups worked with, the complexity of clients’ needs, and experience in delivering services to adolescents, school-age children, preschoolers, and infants). Results: Low-experience experts (‘young stars’) had the highest motivation, truth-seeking, and open-mindedness scores of all groups, the highest percentage of clients with complex service needs, and were more likely to work with adolescents. Conclusions: The major differences between therapists who attain expertise quickly versus those who remain novices after many years of experience appear to be motivation and complexity of work experiences. Implications for supporting the development of expertise in practising therapists are discussed. |
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