Occupational Therapy Education Research Agenda–Revised

To move occupational therapy education forward, it is important that occupational therapy educators not only draw on education research outside the profession but also develop occupational therapy’s own body of research on education. Although that body of research can contribute to an understanding of how best to educate occupational therapy students, it does not meet all the needs for the profession’s education of its future members (National Research Council, 2012). This revised occupational therapy education research agenda identifies an array of areas in which research needs to be conducted to inform the preparation of future occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants for successful practice.