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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2024

Job Analysis and Curriculum Design of South Korean Animal-Assisted Therapy Specialists Using DACUM.

Soo Jeong Choi, Jin Soo Han

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Soo Jeong ChoiDepartment of Bio and Healing Convergence, Graduate School, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-2929-974X
Jin Soo HanDepartment of Bio and Healing Convergence, Graduate School, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea.

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This study analyzed the jobs of animal-assisted therapy specialists using the Development of a Curriculum (DACUM) technique, a job analysis method for the duties and tasks performed in a specific job. It derived nine duties and 54 tasks through a verification process. In addition, by analyzing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes according to the task, the duties of animal-assisted therapy specialists were derived with 37 knowledge points (K), 32 skills (S), and 46 attitudes (A). The curriculum was designed based on the results derived from the job analysis. The final derived subjects were "understanding the counselee", "clinical practice", "therapy-assisted animal management", "case conceptualization", "psychological test and evaluation", "program development", "understanding and practice of counseling psychology", "animal-assisted intervention introduction", "evaluation analysis and report", "case study and practice", "case guidance and management", "training and behavior", and "animal welfare". These results can improve the professionalism of animal-assisted therapy specialists and the overall quality of the therapy site.

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animal-assisted interventionanimal-assisted therapistanimal-assisted therapyDACUM methodjob analysis

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PMID38998054
PMCPMC11240485

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