Research Article

“I Could Really Use This”: Occupational Therapy Students’ Perceptions of Learning to Coach

Table 1

Study participants’ sociodemographic information.

CharacteristicsFrequency ()Percentage (%)

Gender identitya
Woman1392.9
Man17.1
Age (years)
20-24428.6
25-29428.6
30-34214.3
35-39214.3
40-4417.1
45-4917.1
Ethnicity/raceb
White
Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, native1392.9
American, Asian17.1
Program being completed while in Level II fieldwork
MSOT1285.7
OTD214.3
Highest degree held prior to beginning OT program
Bachelor’s degree1392.9
Master’s degree17.1
Nontraditional student/2nd career student
Yes750
No750

Notes. MSOT = Master of Occupational Therapy; OTD = Occupational Therapy Doctorate; aparticipants were asked to write their gender identity; bparticipants were asked to write their ethnicity/race.