Faktorer som påvirker overgangen til arbeidslivet for ergoterapeuter med funksjonsnedsettelse
Sammanfattning
Individuals with impairments are encouraged into higher education.
However, their experience of transitioning from higher education to
work has received less attention. The aim of this article is to describe
factors influencing the transition from higher education to work for recently
qualified occupational therapists with impairments. This study is
part of a larger international ENOTHE project. Data was collected with
an online survey developed at Brunel University and Trinity University
College and translated/adapted to Norwegian conditions by the authors
of this article. All 688 OTs who graduated in 2008-2013 and were
members of the Norwegian OT association received the survey, resulting
in 49 included responses. Data was collected in May/June 2014
and analysed statistically with SPSS v.22 and using thematic analysis.
The majority, 86 prosent, report having an unseen impairment and 55
prosent rate the transition to work as easy. Factors that have an impact
on the transition are disclosure of impairment, access to adaptions and
strategies at work and attitudes in the workplace. The results suggest
a relational influence between person and environment on the transition
from higher education to work.