Title

Efficacy Of A Train-The-Trainer Curriculum For Increasing Occupational Therapists' Mental Health Knowledge

Keywords

continuing education; depression; geriatric assessment

Abstract

The marked prevalence and under detection of affective disorders including depression in older adults is associated with poor functional outcomes and patient mortality. Although occupational therapists are trained in mental health assessment and intervention, these skills are underutilized in practice. A two-group wait-list control design was used to test a DVD-based educational curriculum to increase knowledge about depression in a sample of occupational therapists. The educational intervention was delivered using a train-the-trainer model. The train-the-trainer model was found to be effective and study results showed that knowledge increased significantly after the DVD training. © 2014 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Publication Title

Occupational Therapy in Mental Health

Volume

30

Issue

1

Number of Pages

90-106

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/0164212X.2014.878515

Socpus ID

84897802876 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84897802876

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