Perception of the Use of the Direct Observation of Procedural Skills in Occupational Therapy Postgraduate Year Training in Taiwan: Survey of the Perspectives of Trainees and Supervisors

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of survey participants.

		Training teacher ()		Trainee ()		(df)
		Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
Sex	Male	28	43.8%	7	23.3%	3.64 (1)	.06
	Female	36	56.3%	23	76.6%
Age	20-25 years	0	0	23	76.7%	71.84 (4)	<.001
	26-30 years	11	17.2%	6	20.0%
	31-35 years	14	21.9%	1	3.3%
	36-45 years	25	39.1%	0	0
	Over 46 years	14	21.9%	0	0
Education	Junior college	0	0	2	6.7%	11.62 (2)	.003
	University	36	56.3%	24	80.0%
	Master and above	28	43.8%	4	13.3%
Teaching years	Less than 5 years	12	18.8%
	6-10 years	19	29.7%
	11-15 years	14	21.9%
	16-20 years	11	17.2%
	More than 20 years	8	12.5%
Specialty area	Physical	21	32.8%	7	23.3%	2.74 (3)	.43
	Pediatric	3	4.7%	0	0
	Physical and pediatric	21	32.8%	13	43.3%
	Mental health	19	29.7%	10	33.3%
Hospital	Medical center	20	31.3%	11	36.7%	.90 (3)	.82
	Regional teaching hospital	29	45.3%	14	46.7%
	District teaching hospital	10	15.6%	4	13.3%
	Psychiatric teaching hospital	5	7.8%	1	3.3%