The importance placed by canadian occupational therapists on key values for the profession
L’importance accordée par des ergothérapeutes canadiens à des valeurs phares de la profession
Creators: name: Drolet, Marie-Josée
name: Désormeaux-Moreau, Marjorie
Publisher: name: Communauté pour l’Avancement de la Recherche Appliquée Francophone en Ergothérapie (CARAFE)
Year: 2019
Subjects: Valeur professionnelle
Ergothérapie
Axiologie
Etude quantitative
Etude descriptive
Professional value
Occupational therapy
Axiology
Quantitative study
Descriptive research

description: Introduction. Although there are many reasons for studying occupational therapists’ professional values, few empirical studies have documented them.
    Objectives. The objectives of this study were to: 1) quantify the value placed by Canadian occupational therapists on key professional values; 2) explore the influence of participants or clients’ characteristics on the importance placed on these values; 3) document the nature of the barriers and facilitators to these values; and 4) identify values perceived to be the easiest and most difficult to translate into daily practice.
    Methods. The study reported in this article consists in the 4th phase of an exploratory sequential mixed research design. Its purpose was to document the values ​​of occupational therapy and those of occupational therapists. It consisted in a quantitative descriptive survey to which 327 occupational therapists from Canada, more specifically Quebec, participated.
    Results. In relation to Objective 1, the three values ​the largest number of participants most valued are dignity, integrity and respect. The three values ​​that are least valued by the greatest number of participants are spirituality, efficiency and innovation. In relation to Objective 2, the findings also revealed that the participants' ethics training impact on the importance given to professional values. It is also the case for the age and problem of the clientele, as well as occupational therapists’ age and years of experience. In relation to Objective 3, the barriers to actualizing the values most frequently encountered by occupational therapists are related to their milieu (meso-environment) or to society (macro-environment), while the facilitators of an actualization are essentially people and their interactions (micro-environment). Finally, in relation to Objective 4, the findings suggest that occupational therapists tend to cherish professional values they manage to mobilize in real practice.
    Conclusion. The study’s findings are globally congruent with previous studies, although several results are unprecedented. Similar studies should be conducted in other countries to further explore the axiological foundations of occupational therapy, which influence the practice and development of the profession.
description: Introduction. Bien que plusieurs raisons justifient d’étudier les valeurs professionnelles des ergothérapeutes, peu d’études empiriques les ont documentées.
    Objectif. Les objectifs de l’étude étaient de&nbsp;: 1) quantifier l’importance qu’accordent des ergothérapeutes canadiens à des valeurs phares de la profession&nbsp;; 2) explorer l’influence de caractéristiques des participants ou de la clientèle sur l’importance accordée à ces valeurs&nbsp;; 3) documenter la nature des barrières et facilitateurs au respect de ces valeurs&nbsp;; et 4) repérer les valeurs les plus faciles et les plus difficiles à actualiser en pratique.
    Méthodes. L’étude rapportée dans cet article représente la 4e phase d’une recherche ayant adopté un devis séquentiel exploratoire mixte pour documenter les valeurs de l’ergothérapie et celles d’ergothérapeutes. Elle a consisté en une étude descriptive quantitative à laquelle 327 ergothérapeutes canadiens, plus spécifiquement québécois, ont participé.
    Résultats. Concernant le premier objectif, on constate que les trois valeurs les plus valorisées par le plus grand nombre de participants sont la dignité, l’intégrité et le respect. Les trois valeurs les moins valorisées par le plus grand nombre de participants sont quant à elles la spiritualité, l’efficience et l’innovation. Concernant le second objectif, il semble que la formation à l’éthique des participants influence l’importance accordée aux valeurs, tout comme l’âge et la problématique de la clientèle ainsi que l’âge et l’expérience de l’ergothérapeute. Concernant le troisième objectif, les barrières à l’actualisation des valeurs que les ergothérapeutes estiment rencontrer le plus fréquemment relèvent de leur milieu (méso-environnement) ou de la société (macro-environnement), tandis que leurs facilitateurs relèvent essentiellement des personnes et de leurs interactions (micro-environnement). Enfin, relativement au quatrième objectif, il semble que la facilité à actualiser une valeur au quotidien influence l’importance que l’ergothérapeute y accorde.
    Conclusion. Les résultats de la présente étude rejoignent en général ceux des autres études, quoique plusieurs résultats soient inédits. Des études similaires devraient être menées dans d’autres pays pour poursuivre l’exploration des assises axiologiques de l’ergothérapie, lesquelles influencent la pratique et le développement de la profession.
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    The importance placed by canadian occupational therapists on key values for the profession
    Introduction. Although there are many reasons for studying occupational therapists’ professional values, few empirical studies have documented them.
    Objectives. The objectives of this study were to: 1) quantify the value placed by Canadian occupational therapists on key professional values; 2) explore the influence of participants or clients’ characteristics on the importance placed on these values; 3) document the nature of the barriers and facilitators to these values; and 4) identify values perceived to be the easiest and most difficult to translate into daily practice.
    Methods. The study reported in this article consists in the 4th phase of an exploratory sequential mixed research design. Its purpose was to document the values ​​of occupational therapy and those of occupational therapists. It consisted in a quantitative descriptive survey to which 327 occupational therapists from Canada, more specifically Quebec, participated.
    Results. In relation to Objective 1, the three values ​the largest number of participants most valued are dignity, integrity and respect. The three values ​​that are least valued by the greatest number of participants are spirituality, efficiency and innovation. In relation to Objective 2, the findings also revealed that the participants' ethics training impact on the importance given to professional values. It is also the case for the age and problem of the clientele, as well as occupational therapists’ age and years of experience. In relation to Objective 3, the barriers to actualizing the values most frequently encountered by occupational therapists are related to their milieu (meso-environment) or to society (macro-environment), while the facilitators of an actualization are essentially people and their interactions (micro-environment). Finally, in relation to Objective 4, the findings suggest that occupational therapists tend to cherish professional values they manage to mobilize in real practice.
    Conclusion. The study’s findings are globally congruent with previous studies, although several results are unprecedented. Similar studies should be conducted in other countries to further explore the axiological foundations of occupational therapy, which influence the practice and development of the profession.
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