Date of Completion

2023

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy

Keywords

Employment, Occupational Therapists

Abstract

The ratio between the licensed occupational therapists in the Philippines and the rest of the Filipino population is low– making recruitment, employment, and retention of quality OTs an important area to explore. The transition from student to a licensed OT is not yet explored within the context of occupational therapy in the Philippines. This is why the study aimed to identify the personal, environmental, and other factors that influenced the first employment seeking pursuit of licensed OTs from DLSMHSI.

A descriptive research design was used in order to describe the job seeking experience of the ten (10) participants in the study. An interview lasting 30-45 minutes was held online consisting of an interviewer, alongside two (2) transcribers. The answers were placed in an excel sheet where themes were extracted by the group to identify the factors considered by the participants using thematic analysis.

After encoding and extracting the themes, the researchers produced ten (10) final themes that the participants considered in their first job seeking pursuit. The final themes are: culture, gender identity and expression, work environment, peer influence, migration, career growth, work motivation, upbringing, age, and spiritual beliefs. Overlapping of factors were also observed as some of the factors identified affect one another either positively or negatively. Overall, most of the themes that emerged from the study are aligned with the factors found in the related literature in the study. Meanwhile some, specifically upbringing and career growth factors, are other factors that are not listed in the literature.

First Advisor

Maria Luisa S. Valenzuela

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