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Development of the student placement evaluation form: A tool for assessing student fieldwork performance
Author(s) -
Allison Heather,
Turpin Merrill J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2004.00414.x
Subject(s) - occupational therapy , action research , process (computing) , participatory action research , medical education , participatory evaluation , citizen journalism , action (physics) , psychology , engineering management , process management , engineering , computer science , medicine , pedagogy , political science , sociology , physics , public administration , quantum mechanics , psychiatry , world wide web , anthropology , operating system
Evaluation of students undertaking fieldwork education placements is a critical process in the health professions. As training programs and practice evolve, systems for assessing students need to be reviewed and updated constantly. In 1995, staff of the occupational therapy training program at the University of Queensland, Australia decided to develop a new tool for assessing student fieldwork performance. Using an action research methodology, a team developed the Student Placement Evaluation Form, a flexible and comprehensive criterion‐referenced evaluation tool. The present paper examines action research as an appropriate methodology for considering real‐life organisational problems in a systematic and participatory manner. The action research cycles undertaken, including preliminary information gathering, tool development, trial stages and current use of the tool, are detailed in the report. Current and future development of the tool is also described.