title: Supervision of Occupational Therapy Level II Fieldwork Students: Impact on and Predictors of Clinician Productivity.
abstract: This study aimed to determine whether a difference in productivity exists between clinicians supervising and not supervising a Level II occupational therapy student and whether factors including clinician years of experience, practice setting, and clinician productivity without a student could predict clinician productivity while supervising a student. We used paired-sample t tests to examine clinician productivity with and without a student in 109 clinician-student encounters and regression analysis to determine factors predictive of clinician productivity with a student. Results indicated no difference in clinician productivity with or without a student. Clinician years of experience, practice area, and productivity without a student were significant predictors of clinician productivity while supervising a student. Study results contradict the belief that supervising Level II fieldwork students lowers clinicians' productivity. Findings suggest that practice area and productivity without a student are important factors influencing the productivity of clinicians supervising a fieldwork student.
authors.affiliation: Rebecca Ozelie, DHS, OTR/L, BCPR, is Assistant Professor and Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, Rush University, Department of Occupational Therapy, Chicago, IL; rebecca_ozelie@rush.edu. At the time of the study, she was Student, Doctorate of Health Science Program, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ozelie
authors.affiliation: Janet Janow, Corinne Kreutz, Mary Kate Mulry, and Ashley Penkala were Masters Students, Department of Occupational Therapy, Rush University, Chicago, IL, at the time of the study.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janow
authors.affiliation: Janet Janow, Corinne Kreutz, Mary Kate Mulry, and Ashley Penkala were Masters Students, Department of Occupational Therapy, Rush University, Chicago, IL, at the time of the study.
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kreutz
authors.affiliation: Janet Janow, Corinne Kreutz, Mary Kate Mulry, and Ashley Penkala were Masters Students, Department of Occupational Therapy, Rush University, Chicago, IL, at the time of the study.
authors.forename: Mary Kate
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Mulry
authors.affiliation: Janet Janow, Corinne Kreutz, Mary Kate Mulry, and Ashley Penkala were Masters Students, Department of Occupational Therapy, Rush University, Chicago, IL, at the time of the study.
authors.forename: Ashley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Penkala
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D003479:Curriculum; D004526:Efficiency; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000193:education*; D012189:Retrospective Studies