Papers by Marianne Bonassi
Background/Context: Engaging students in pre-assessment activities designed to promote social con... more Background/Context: Engaging students in pre-assessment activities designed to promote social construction of knowledge of assessment requirements and standards significantly improves student performance (Rust, Price, & O’Donovan, 2003). Initiative/Practice: The aim was to actively engage students in workshops, wherein they collaborated with peers, to construct understanding of requirements and standards pertaining to complex, authentic assessment tasks. Method(s) of evaluative data collection and analysis: Disciplinary academics collaborated with learning support staff to integrate peer learning activities into first and second year workshops, involving students in the co-creation of assessment handy hints. To generate the handy hints, first year students reviewed exemplars, while second year students responded to frequently asked questions. Assessment task descriptions and rubrics were used as resources. The student experience was evaluated through surveys and analysed as proporti...
The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2020
Culturally safe health practitioners are essential for effective service provision to culturally ... more Culturally safe health practitioners are essential for effective service provision to culturally diverse populations, including Indigenous Australians. Therefore, cultural safety education during training as a health care professional is an essential component in helping improve the health of Indigenous Australians. This study examined whether the implementation of an Indigenous cultural safety education workshop increased self-rated cultural safety knowledge and attitudes of allied health students. The study employed a quantitative before-and-after design using pre- and post-surveys to determine the level of attitudinal change in students who attended a day long workshop. The study sample consisted of 1st year (n = 347) and 4th year (n = 149) allied health students at a regional Australian university over the years 2007–2011. Whilst the results of this current study are varied in terms of achieving positive change across all of the taught items of knowledge and attitude, they provi...
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 2015
BackgroundThe effective preparation of occupational therapy students for mental health practice i... more BackgroundThe effective preparation of occupational therapy students for mental health practice is critical to facilitate positive consumer outcomes, underpin optimal practice and support new graduates' professional identity. This project was established to determine a set of ‘educational priorities’ for occupational therapy students to prepare them for current (and future) entry‐level practice in mental health, from the perspective of mental health occupational therapists in Australia and New Zealand.MethodsThe study included two phases. In Phase One, participants identified what they considered to be important educational priorities for occupational therapy students to prepare them for practice in mental health. For Phase Two, an ‘expert panel’ was assembled to review and rank these using a Policy Delphi approach.ResultsEighty‐five participants provided educational priorities in Phase One. These were grouped into a total of 149 educational themes. In Phase Two, the expert pane...
British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2015
Introduction Strong professional identity allows for appropriate representation and promotion of ... more Introduction Strong professional identity allows for appropriate representation and promotion of occupational therapy. Academic education assists in the development of occupational therapy identity. This study aims to explore the development of occupational therapy identity and graduate attributes in occupational therapy students after the first year of a revised curriculum. Method Occupational therapy students ( n = 58) were surveyed at the commencement of the second year. Data analysis used descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (χ2 for trend). Results A total of 54 students (93.1%) completed the survey. Students progressively developed occupational therapy identity over time. There were no significant associations between main factors influencing the original decision to study occupational therapy and when occupational therapy identity developed. However, there were significant associations between main factors influencing students' decision to continue studying an...
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 2015
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Papers by Marianne Bonassi