Open AccessAddressing the Ethical Issues Associated with Fieldwork Education in Occupational Therapy: Results of an Empirical Study Conducted in Quebec
Author(s) -
Marie-Josée Drolet,
Nancy Baril,
Anick Sauvageau,
Sandrine Renaud
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
canadian journal of bioethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 2561-4665
DOI - 10.7202/1070233ar
Subject(s) - occupational therapy , ethical issues , medical education , qualitative research , psychology , nursing , medicine , engineering ethics , sociology , psychiatry , engineering , social science
Occupational therapists who contribute to fieldwork education are exposed toethical issues when supervising trainees. Both the ethical issues and the solutions toaddress these ethical issues are undocumented in the literature. A qualitative study wasconducted to document these issues and their solutions. Twenty-three occupational therapistswith supervising experience participated in this study. All the participants reportedexperiencing ethical issues while supervising trainees. This article aims to present thesolutions proposed by the participants in order to address the ethical issues of fieldworkeducation. Intrinsic solutions are linked to supervisors’ ethical, pedagogical oroccupational therapy competences. The extrinsic solutions deal with the appropriate measureswhich can and should be implemented so as to better support the supervisors’ work and betterrecognize the important contribution of occupational therapists who train the nextgeneration of occupational therapists in clinical settings. This study is likely to haveimplications on clinical practice, teaching, research and governance.