Capstone
Student & Mentors
Books Of interest
Chopra, V., Vaughn, V. M., & Saint, S. (2019). The Mentoring Guide: Helping Mentors & Mentees Succeed. Michigan Publishing.
Deluliis, E. & Bednarski, J. (2019). Entry-Level Occupational Therapy Capstone: A Framework for the Experience and Project. SLACK Inc. https://www.amazon.com/Entry-Level-Occupational-Therapy-Capstone-Experience-ebook/dp/B083LF4CFW
Articles of Interest to Capstone Mentors
AOTA official document
American Occupational Therapy Association. (2023) Occupational Therapy Doctoral Capstone: Purpose and Value. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 76(S3), 7613410230. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2022.76S3004
Bozeman, B., & Feeney, M. K. (2007). Toward a useful theory of mentoring: A conceptual analysis and critique. Administration & society, 39(6), 719-739. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399707304119
Clair, S., Corcoran, S., Bubel, E. & Amini, D. (2022). A Process Framework for the Education-Focused Capstone: Supporting Expansion and Sustainable Outcomes. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 6(4).
Delbert, T., Stepansky, K., & Lekas, T. (2020). The S.E.L.F. Approach: Systems and Experiential Learning Framework for Fieldwork and Capstone Education Development. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 8(3), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1710
Eby, L. T. d. T., Allen, T. D., Hoffman, B. J., Baranik, L. E., Sauer, J. B., Baldwin, S., Morrison, M. A., Kinkade, K. M., Maher, C. P., Curtis, S., & Evans, S. C. (2013). An interdisciplinary meta-analysis of the potential antecedents, correlates, and consequences of protégé perceptions of mentoring. Psychological Bulletin, 139(2), 441–476. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029279
Gilbreath, B., Rose, G. L., & Dietrich, K. E. (2008). Assessing mentoring in organizations: An evaluation of commercial mentoring instruments. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 16(4), 379-393. https://doi.org/10.1080/13611260802433767
Henry-Noel, N., Bishop, M., Gwede, C. K., Petkova, E., & Szumacher, E. (2019). Mentorship in medicine and other health professions. Journal of Cancer Education, 34(4), 629-637. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-018-1360-6
Hinojosa, J., & Howe, T. (2016). EPortfolio: The Scholarly Capstone for the Practice Doctoral Degree in Occupational Therapy. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 4(3). https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1203
Jirikowic T, Pitonyak JS, Rollinger B, Fogelberg D, Mroz TM, & Powell JM (2015). Capstone projects as scholarship of application in entry-level occupational therapy education. Occupational Therapy in Health Care, 29(2), 214–222. 10.3109/07380577.2015.1017788
Karcher, M. J., Kuperminc, G. P., Portwood, S. G., Sipe, C. L., & Taylor, A. S. (2006). Mentoring programs: A framework to inform program development, research, and evaluation. Journal of Community Psychology, 34(6), 709-725. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.20125
Kemp, E. L., Domina, A., Stephenson, S., & Start, A. (2022). Perceived Value & Usefulness of the Entry-Level Occupational Therapy Doctoral Capstone. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 6 (3). Retrieved from https://encompass.eku.edu/jote/vol6/iss3/11
Kemp, E., Domina, A., Delbert, T., Rivera, A., & Navarro-Walker, L. (2020). Development, implementation and evaluation of entry-level occupational therapy doctoral capstones: A national survey. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 4 (4). https://doi.org/10.26681/jote.2020.040411
Kiraly-Alvarez, A. F., Clegg, A., Lucas Molitor, W., & Friberg, D. (2022). An Exploration of the Occupational Therapy Doctoral Capstone: Perspectives from Capstone Coordinators, Graduates, and Site Mentors. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 6 (1). https://doi.org/10.26681/jote.2022.060114
Kroll, C., Struckmeyer, L. R., & Schmeltz, B. (2022, March 24). What is the entry-level OTD doctoral capstone and how can you benefit? | AOTA. https://www.aota.org/publications/ot-practice/ot-practice-issues/2022/entry-level-otd-capstone
Recigno, T. E., Benham, S., & Breen-Franklin, A. (2020). Exploration of Self-Perceived Leadership Practices of Entry-Level Doctoral Students during the Doctoral Capstone Experience. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.26681/jote.2020.040113
Rivera, A., Delbert, T., Lucas Molitor, W., Kiraly-Alvarez, A., Friberg, D., Domina, A., & Clegg, A. (2022). A Snapshot of How Entry-Level Occupational Therapy Programs Collect and Use Doctoral Capstone Outcomes. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 6(4). https://encompass.eku.edu/jote/vol6/iss4/11
Smallfield, S. & Wood, S. (2019). Student perspectives of the occupational therapy doctoral experience in an academic setting. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 3(1). Retrieved from https://encompass.eku.edu/jote/vol3/iss1/8
Stephenson, S., Kemp, E., Kiraly-Alvarez, A., Costello, P., Parkhill, B. (Mar 2022). Self-Assessments of Mentoring Skills in Healthcare Professions Applicable to Occupational Therapy: A Scoping Review. Occupational Therapy in Health Care. https://doi.org/10.1080/07380577.2022.2053923
Stephenson, S., Rogers, O., Ivy, C., Barron, R., & Burke, J. (2020). Designing effective capstone experiences and projects for entry-level doctoral students in occupational therapy: One program's approaches and lessons learned. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 8(3), 1-12.
Whitney, R. & McCormack, G. (2020). Capstones: voices from the occupational therapy profession. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 8(3),1-6. https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1779
Whitney, R. V., & McCormack, G. (2020). They Said: Perspectives on Capstone Experience and Projects in Occupational Therapy. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 8(3), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1778
Mentorship Resources
Online Trainings:
AOTA ~ Mindful Path to lLeadership Level 1. https://myaota.aota.org/shop_aota/product/CEBDG16
AOTA ~ Cultivating Tomorrow’s Leaders: ILOTA Leadership Development Program’s Inaugural Cohort. https://myaota.aota.org/shop_aota/product/OL8512.
The University of New Mexico ~ The Mentoring Institute
University of Michigan ~ How to Mentor Graduate Students
University of Wisconsin ~ Institute for Clinical and Translational Research: Mentoring
Resources:
Doctoral Capstone Repositories
We have compiled an array of Capstone Project Repositories from universities across the country to support access to valuable information and to facilitate idea generation.
University of West Virginia
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