How did you become aware of occupational therapy?

What skills do you need/have as an occupational therapist? 

What outcomes do you have as an OT?

How do you reflect in your work as an OT?

- What responsibilities do you have as an OT?

-How does being an OT fit into your identity?

-What is your understanding of occupation?

What are the current big issues in OT where you are?

What are your main responsibilities in your role?

How does culture influence what you do, compare?

How do your beliefs and culture affect what you do?

How do you choose which area to practice in? (Adult/Children. physical/Mental Health) 

How do you manage your work/life balance? 

What are your typical working hours? 

What roles and responsibilitys would generally fall under your role. 

OT frameworks or theories underpin your practice? 

Who are you employed by? Where else would employ OTs.

Do you work within a MDT team? 

When would you expect to go out on your first placement as a student and how long are the placements?

What models/methodologies do you use in practice?

What governing body regulates the OT profession in your country?

How does being an OT fit into your identity?

How long do you study to become an OT in your country? 

Where do OT students in your country have placements and how often?

Who is eligible for OT service in your country?

Experiences and cultures of working as OT

How are students trained?

What made you want to be an OT?

2.       How many other OTs do you work with?

3.       Do you work in a multi-disciplinary team?

4.       What do service users think you do before they meet you?

5.       How well is OT known where you are from?

6.       How did you train to become an OT?

7.       Which models do you use in your practise?

8.       What was the hardest bit of your training?

9.       How long and where do you study OT? How has COVID affected your studies?

10.   Why did you choose OT?

11.   What major events have influenced your practice?

12.   How has COVID affected your practice? What affect has it had on service users?

13.   What skills do you need to thrive in your specialty?

14.   What is the grossest thing you have dealt with as an OT?

15.   What is the greatest thing you have done as an OT?

16.   How has OT affected your outlook on life?

17.   What is your favourite clinical skill that you get to teach/ participate in?

18.   What is one area that you wish to work in?

19.   What is one area of OT that you would refuse to work in?

20.   Is your practice affected by your cultural beliefs? What is an example of this?

21.   Do you have patients/ service users that affects what you can do with them as an OT?

22.   What skill is the most important in your specialty?

23.   What aspect of your job is most overlooked in your country?

24.   Where do you think OT going next? 

25.   Where is OT going in your culture?

Do your cultural beliefs affect how you create an occupational activity for service users? 

How does OT values influence your cultural beliefs?

What type of occupational responsibilities do you have?

What is your code of conducts? 

How are you able to reflect on practice? 

Is it mandatory to reflect as an occupational therapist where you are? 

What type of occupational filed are you in? 

Where do you practice? 

What are the core skills as an OT?

How long does it take to be a registered OT? 

How do you get to practice?

Are there any environmental practice that affect you from being an OT? 

Is being an OT a high regard profession within your environment? 

What are your working hours?

Are you able to form social relationships within your practice (personal/professional) ?

Why did you want to be an occupational therapist? 

Do you feel like occupational therapy gives you a sense of meaning? 

Are their any deprivations that affect you from being an occupationa

Do your cultural beliefs affect how you create an occupational activity for service users? 

How does OT values influence your cultural beliefs?

What type of occupational responsibilities do you have?

What is your code of conducts? 

How are you able to reflect on practice? 

Is it mandatory to reflect as an occupational therapist where you are? 

What type of occupational filed are you in? 

Where do you practice? 

What are the core skills as an OT?

How long does it take to be a registered OT? 

How do you get to practice?

Are there any environmental practice that affect you from being an OT? 

Is being an OT a high regard profession within your environment? 

What are your working hours?

Are you able to form social relationships within your practice (personal/professional) ?

Why did you want to be an occupational therapist? 

Do you feel like occupational therapy gives you a sense of meaning? 

Are their any deprivations that affect you from being an occupational therapist? 

 

 

 

 

 

Are there any cultural considerations specific to your country that you have to consider? 

How important do you feel multi-disciplinary working is, in achieving successful intervention outcomes? 

How valued do you feel the role of OT is within your cultural/social context?