Objective : The objective of this paper is to determine if a group occupational activities program is effective
in improving the clients' functions and quality of life, and to provide the basic material
for a community-based fieldwork education program by analyzing the degree of student satisfaction
with the field work education.
Methods : The subjects consisted of clients who participated in a group occupational activities program
and students from the department of occupational therapy who took part in operating the
program.
1) The stroke disabled had an initial evaluation, 6-week intervention, and re-evaluations from
April to August, 2008. the number of clients subjected to this study was 32.
2) The students participated in intervention planning, program performancing, before and after
evaluation. Their satisfaction analyzed the fieldwork education was concerned with their
school subject was measured using 40 of the students who responded to the survey. A
Wilcoxon matched-paired sign-ranks test was used to prove the difference between the clients'
variables before and after intervention, and descriptive statistics were employed to
measure the students' satisfaction.
Results : 1) There was improvement in client functionality overall, and particularly significant results
were in balance ability(p<.05). Quality of life improved on the whole, and general health
showed a significant difference(p<.05)
2) The mean of student satisfaction with the operation of the field education was 4.39 out of
5, which was high, and that of satisfaction with department of an occupational therapy was
4.48±0.77(M±SD), which was the highest.
Conclusion : The group occupational activities program was effective in improving clients' functions and
quality of life, and the students were highly satisfied with the managing of the field education.
Therefore, a contribution to the community through developing and operating various community-
based stroke group occupational activities programs and high-quality field education where
students can have enough experience to help them conduct their roles as occupational therapists
after graduation is required.