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Peer Review

Supporting Underperforming Occupational Therapy Students during Practice Education Experiences – A resource for practice education supervisors

Reviewed:

Oct 28, 2026 by Health Sciences
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Ratings

Overall Rating: 5.0 stars
Content Quality: 5.0 stars
Effectiveness: 5.0 stars
Ease of Use: 5.0 stars
Overview:

This resource has been designed for use by placement supervisors when planning and preparing for placements and when working with underperforming students during occupational therapy placements. 

Type of Material:

  • Open (Access) Textbook
Recommended Uses:

  • Self-paced learning: supplemental learning professional resource 
  • This is an instructional guide for occupational therapy professors. 
Technical Requirements:

  • Internet access
  • Web browser
  • PDF reader
Identify Major Learning Goals:

1. An accessible, easy-to-use resource to support supervisors of underperforming occupational therapy students

2. Support for planning and preparing occupational therapy placements.

Target Student Population:

  •  College Upper Division faculty, staff, and clinical instructors involved in occupational therapy clinical placements
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

  • Basic computer skills
  • Must have a general understanding of occupational therapy clinical placements. This is targeted at Australia but could apply elsewhere in the world.

Content Quality

Rating:
Strengths:

  • There are multiple sections that allow readers to easily locate pertinent information.
  • The concepts are well supported and follow a natural progression.
  • Topics can be reached easily through the table of contents
  • Images and graphics are visually pleasing. Although the alt text is not programmed in the software for screen readers, the detailed descriptions of images and graphics are found directly below one and screen readers should be able to read the text.
  • Citations/references are current and appropriate.
  • One section includes additional learning resources.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

Rating:
Strengths:

  • The source provides helpful information on successfully placing students in clinical settings.
  • Based in Australia, it provides generalizable information for healthcare settings outside the country and for occupational therapy.
  • Sections of this book could support educators in other disciplines.
  • The reflection exercises support learning.
  • The information is clearly presented and includes reflective exercises to broaden learning perspectives.
  • The source provides clear strategies for addressing issues that may arise.
  • Included Tip Call-Out Boxes

 

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

Rating:
Strengths:

  • Alt-text is not programmed in for screen readers. However, detailed descriptions of images and figures are provided in the text below each item. Screen readers should be able to read the text below the images for detailed descriptions.
  • Headings are set up sequentially for screen readers.
  • Press Books presents this book, and it is easy to navigate with standard front-and-back navigation. 
  • The table of contents links directly to each chapter. 
  • The chapter layout is consistent.

 

Other Issues and Comments:

This is an amazingly helpful resource!

Thank you for your scholarship!

Supporting Underperforming Occupational Therapy Students during Practice Education Experiences - A resource for practice education supervisors Copyright © 2026 by Deakin University (Kelli Nicola-Richmond, Nikki Lyons, Sally Hunter, Kristie Harper, Danielle Hitch and Natalie Ward) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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