Sammendrag
As enrollment numbers grow in occupational therapy academic programs in Norway, the need for more
fieldwork placements and supervisors increases. More knowledge about factors of importance for
occupational therapists’ decisions to take on the role of fieldwork supervisor may promote easier access
to supervisors who are ready for the task, and it may assist in addressing the barriers for those who are
not. We recruited a sample of 561 community-working occupational therapists for an electronic survey
conducted in 2017. Quantitative survey responses were obtained and used in the current study. The
differences between supervisors and non-supervisors were examined with independent t-tests and Chi
Square tests. To assess factors associated with serving as a supervisor, a multivariate logistic regression
analysis was conducted. One hundred fifty-six participants (27.8%) had served as a fieldwork supervisor
during the preceding year. The adjusted analysis showed that having a job physically located together
with other occupational therapists was significantly associated with increased odds for serving as
supervisor (OR:1.79, 95% CI:1.17-2.74, p
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