Resilience, professionalism, and reflective thinking: The three-legged stool of health professional and teacher education students’ fieldwork practice / Resilienz, Professionalität und reflektierendes Denken: die drei Säulen für das Praktikum von Studierenden der Gesundheitsberufe und der Lehrerbildung
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Published Online: Nov 25, 2021
Page range: 98 - 111
Received: Apr 13, 2021
Accepted: Oct 13, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijhp-2021-0009
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Figure 1
Participants’ age in years
| Occupational therapy | Mean | 24.9 |
| Std. deviation | 6.9 | |
| Range | 22.0 | |
| Pharmacy | Mean | 20.8 |
| Std. deviation | 1.2 | |
| Range | 3.0 | |
| Social work | Mean | 27.2 |
| Std. deviation | 3.8 | |
| Range | 14.0 | |
| Education | Mean | 21.5 |
| Std. deviation | 1.4 | |
| Range | 5.0 | |
| Total sample | Mean | 25.0 |
| Std. deviation | 4.9 | |
| Range | 23.0 | |
Fieldwork summary.
| Occupational therapy | Bachelor | 4 years | Occupational Therapy Council of Australia & World Federation of Occupational Therapists | 1000 | During each year of the cou |
| Master | 2 years | 1000 | During the 2 years of the graduate-entry master's course; students are required to complete at least one placement that is a minimum of 8 weeks in length | ||
| Pharmacy | Bachelor | 4 years | Australian Pharmacy Council | No minimum requirement |
During each year of the course. Two days in year 1, 2 weeks in year 2, 4 weeks in year 3, and 11 weeks in year |
| Bachelor/Master | 5 years | Australian Pharmacy Council | 1824 | During each year of the course. Two days in year 1, 10 days in year 2, 20 days in year 3, 55 days in year 4, and 228 days (1824 h) in year 5 | |
| Social work | Master | 2 years | Australian Association of Social Workers | 1000 | During each year of the course |
| Teaching | Bachelor | 4 years | Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership | 80 days | During each year of the course |
| Master | 2 years | 60 days | During each year of the course | ||
Demographics by discipline.
| Occupational therapy |
13 (72.2%) female |
17 (94.4%) high school |
17 (94.4%) full time |
14 (77.8%) domestic students |
| Pharmacy |
3 (50%) female |
5 (83.3%) high school |
6 (100%) full time | 6 domestic students |
| Social work |
30 (79%) female |
24 (63.2%) bachelor's |
38 (100%) full time | 38 (100%) international students |
| Education |
14 (87.5%) female |
16 (100%) high school | 16 (100%) full time | 8 (50%) domestic students |
Demographics of focus group participants (N = 78).
| Disciplin |
Occupational therapy | 18 | 23.1 |
| Pharmacy | 6 | 7.7 | |
| Social work | 38 | 48.7 | |
| Education | 16 | 20.5 | |
| Education level at the start of the course | High school | 38 | 48.7 |
| Bachelor's | 24 | 30.8 | |
| Master's | 16 | 20.5 | |
| Enrollment status | Full time | 77 | 98.7 |
| Part time | 1 | 1.3 | |
| Enrollment type | Domestic student | 27 | 34.6 |
| International student | 51 | 65.4 |