The Requirement for Ethical Reasoning in Occupational Therapy Education

Abstract
This first article outlines how student research projects have developed over the past 10 years, resulting in the subsequent need to expand the subject of ethical reasoning in the education of occupational therapists. The literature is examined in respect of providing learning opportunities on ethical matters for the student, particularly in the preparation of an investigative study, the formation and administration of ethical screening procedures with in a school of occupational therapy are described as a means of providing an experiential understanding of ethical issues for students. In a second article, the implications and outcome of this initiative are discussed.

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