Profile of occupational therapy and nutrition and dietetics supervisors and student respondent groups compared to Queensland workforce population data

Currently in the Australian higher education sector higher productivity from allied health clinical education placements is a contested issue. This study investigated output changes associated with occupational therapy and nutrition/dietetics clinical education placements in Queensland, Australia. Supervisors’ and students’ time use during placements and how this changes for supervisors compared to when students are not present in the workplace is also presented.
A cohort design was used with students from four Queensland universities, and their supervisors employed by Queensland Health. There was an increasing trend in the number of occasions of service delivered when the students were present, and a statistically significant increase in the daily mean length of occasions of service delivered during the placement compared to pre-placement levels.

当前，澳大利亚高等教育领域内，联合健康（allied health）临床教育实习所催生的更高生产力仍是一项颇具争议的议题。本研究针对澳大利亚昆士兰州内作业治疗（occupational therapy）与营养/饮食学（nutrition/dietetics）临床教育实习相关的产出变化展开调研，同时呈现了实习期间督导与学生的时间使用情况，以及相较于学生未在岗时，督导的时间使用模式发生了何种改变。
本研究采用队列研究设计，研究对象为昆士兰州四所高校的学生及其受雇于昆士兰州卫生厅（Queensland Health）的督导。数据结果显示，学生在岗期间的服务开展频次呈上升趋势；且与实习前基准水平相比，实习期间服务开展的日均时长在统计学上存在显著提升。