A two-part study of student to professional transition: analysis of objective factors related to a successful outcome on the NBCOT exam and a qualitative exploration of student transition into practice

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A two-part study of student to professional transition: analysis of objective factors related to a successful outcome on the NBCOT exam and a qualitative exploration of student transition into practice

Identifier

DF2011Newell

Type

["Text"]

Genre

["Dissertations"]

Format

["pdf"]

Rights

This thesis or dissertation is restricted from access because there is no internet release form on file. If you are the author and you would like to submit an internet release form allowing us to publish your thesis or dissertation online, please contact spcoll@towson.edu. Copyright protected, all rights reserved.

General Notes

Doctoral thesis research directed by Department of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science.

Extent

ix, 190 pages

Language

["English"]

Repository

["Towson University. Albert S. Cook Library. Special Collections and University Archives"]

Collection Name

["Towson University Graduate Theses and Dissertations"]

Author

Newell, Mary Zadnik

Degree Date

2011

Department or Program

["Towson University. Department of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science"]

Abstract

The purpose of the research performed for this dissertation was twofold. One purpose was to identify academic and demographic variables related to a successful outcome on the NBCOT exam. The second was to examine the processes involved in preparing for the NBCOT exam and for transition into practice and to identify, in a small cohort, whether there are similarities in these processes. A mixed methods approach was chosen for this project to address its complex design. Two sets of data were collected in pilot fashion and two sets of data collected to expand upon pilot results. Quantitative methods were used to analyze objective academic and demographic variables to determine whether or not they relate to a successful outcome on the NBCOT exam. Qualitative data from focus groups were used to inform the selection of some academic variables in the quantitative analysis. Results demonstrated that there were specific academic variables related to student outcome on the NBCOT exam. In addition, qualitative data identified learning strategies and adaptive processes that students and practitioners used in their preparation for and through their transition from student role to professional role.

Thesis Committee Members

["DeLany, Janet V.","Parente, Frederick"]

Date Published

21 December 2012

Author (Controlled)

["Newell, Mary Zadnik"]

Thesis Advisor

["Lawson, Sonia"]

Degree Note

(Sc. D.) -- Towson University, 2011.

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