身体障害および老年期領域に勤務する若手作業療法士が初回面接評価実施時に経験する困難感—事例-コード・マトリックスによる分析を通して

Difficulties experienced by early-career occupational therapists working in physical disability and geriatric fields during initial interview assessments: An analysis using the case-code matrix

要旨：本研究の目的は，身体障害領域及び老年期領域に勤務する若手作業療法士（以下，若手OT）が初回面接評価時に経験する困難感を明らかにすることである．12名の若手OTにインタビューを行い事例—コード・マトリックスに準拠して分析を行った．結果，30のコードと4つのカテゴリが生成された．全体の特徴として，「対象者の特性」「OTの技術」「OTの心理的要因」「環境要因」が挙げられた．個別特性については，領域別では急性期と回復期，経験年数別では1〜2年目と3〜4年目において異なるカテゴリが高い出現頻度を示した．本研究結果は慎重に解釈する必要があるが，具体的な自己研鑽の方法や，組織の教育システムの構築に貢献する可能性がある．

　The purpose of this study was to identify the difficulty working in the Physical Disability and Geriatric fields experienced by early career occupational therapists during initial interview assessments. Interviews were conducted with 12 early career OTs and the data were analyzed using a case-code matrix. The analysis resulted in 30 codes and four categories. The most frequently observed categories were ‘OT skills,’ ‘psychological factors’ and ‘environmental factors.’ Differences in category prevalence were observed between the acute and recovery phases, and between OTs with different levels of experience, particularly between those in their early stages and those with more experience. Although these findings should be interpreted with caution due to the qualitative nature of the study, they have the potential to contribute to the improvement of methods for self-directed professional development and the establishment of more structured organizational education systems.