Self-Assessment of Professional Competencies of Occupational Therapists Trained and Working in Kenya

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2025

Abstract

Professional competencies are indicators of standards of practice. There is limited documentation on required occupational therapy (OT) competencies in Kenya. Objective: Conduct self-assessment of awareness levels of professional competencies and educational investments of OTs working in Kenya Method: Exploratory design with quantitative methods of data collection. The targetpopulation comprised, practicing OTs with diploma qualifications (Group 1) and OTs who were studying in or had graduated with upgrade degrees in Kenyan Universities (Group 2). Simple random sample was conducted on 259 OTs to select the two (2) groups. Two separate structured online questionnaires for self-assessment (one for each group) were administered to collect data.

Journal Title

International Journal of Education and Research

Volume

13

Issue

1

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