Open AccessOccupational therapy as an academic discipline in Finland
Author(s) -
Kolehmainen Anne,
Pikkarainen Aila,
Aittomäki Satu
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
occupational therapy international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1557-0703
pISSN - 0966-7903
DOI - 10.1002/oti.121
Subject(s) - occupational therapy , medical education , relation (database) , discipline , psychology , political science , medicine , sociology , social science , psychiatry , computer science , database
The aim of this short report is to outline the relation between Finnish educational policy and the dualistic educational structure of Finland, to describe the consequences of this system for education in occupational therapy at university level, and to speculate on the likely development and challenges facing academic occupational therapy education in the future. The authors have been involved in the development process. Copyright © 2000 Whurr Publishers Ltd.