Increasing Self-Efficacy and Engagement in Occupational Therapy Education through the Use of an Unfolding Case Study Curricular Design

Abstract

The unfolding case study, which has the case study client evolve over time, has been shown to positively influence both academic and affective performance, though to this point has not been studied in terms of development of self-efficacy in clinical skills or engagement with course content. This study used a quasi-experimental design as well as retrospective data analysis to examine two case study designs (one static or unchanging and one unfolding) within an occupational therapy doctorate program. The study found that occupational therapy students (n = 16) reported a statistically significant difference in the development of clinical skill self-efficacy (p

Keywords

• unfolding case study
• self-efficacy
• engagement
• curricular design