Date of Award
12-1993
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Occupational Therapy
First Advisor
Cindee Q. Peterson
Second Advisor
Doris Smith
Third Advisor
Debra Lindstrom Hazel
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Diagnostic reasoning is an essential feature of the occupational therapy treatment process. Acquisition of diagnostic reasoning skills is difficult for students, however, because of paradoxical developmental limitations faced during transition from classroom to clinical learning environments. Educators in pre-professional occupational therapy curriculums are searching for educational methods to prepare students for diagnostic reasoning tasks inherent in practice.
This experimental study compared a computer-simulated diagnostic reasoning activity with a more traditional case study reviewing activity in terms of effect on accuracy of problem identification among occupational therapy students. Results found no significant difference between the effect of computer-assisted instruction and case study review on diagnostic reasoning skills of entry-level occupational therapy students. However, computer-assisted instruction activity was rated significantly higher by students in terms of affective meaning.
Recommended Citation
Freeman, Judith Lynn, "The Effect of Computer-Assisted Instruction on the Development of Diagnostic Reasoning Skills among Occupational Therapy Students" (1993). Masters Theses. 4714.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/4714