Abando, Anthony and Huynh, Vicki and Maucher, Makenna and Tupasi, Mikka (2024) Exploring entrepreneurship in occupational therapy private practice. Masters thesis, Stanbridge University.
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This research aims to understand the essential steps and real-life experiences involved in establishing a private occupational therapy (OT) practice. OT private practices can provide opportunities to expand services to people in many locations, and offer specialized services in niche areas. Current literature showed a growing need for OT, yet current staffing is not meeting the demand, which research shows can be due to the location of practices, job satisfaction, and a lack of entrepreneurship knowledge. This study was a mixed method descriptive design utilizing an online survey which was disseminated to OT private practice owners, by inquiring about their personal experiences opening up their business. The researchers gathered participants through Facebook groups for OT business owners and the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), and analyzed the results by creating parent and child codes for each qualitative question. With a sample size of 32 respondents, the results showed many overlapping themes and common experiences in opening an OT private practice such as finding mentorship and guidance, networking and building referrals, and finding your niche with a holistic approach.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | MSOTOC012 |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology |
| Depositing User: | Kareena Yashko |
| Date Deposited: | 14 May 2024 23:38 |
| Last Modified: | 14 May 2024 23:39 |
| URI: | http://repository.stanbridge.edu/id/eprint/121 |
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