Discussion about progress of admission to course for speech therapist(ST)，physical therapist(PT)，and occupational therapist(OT)-Questionnaire for first-grade students-

Abstract

The questionnaire about progress until they enters this institute was performed, to 89 first-grade students of speech therapists，physical therapists，and occupational therapists course．It was 8 month later after their entrance in this institute，in December，1997． Consequently，in many cases，they heard from the familiar person about each professionals called ST，PT，and OT at the first time．A small number knew comparatively by school guidance at a high school．When saying that existence of professionals was known from media，such as mass communications，many of them knew it from taking-an-examination guide books．The result of the data collection performed after deciding taking an examination of each special subject of study，was not able to receive suitable information，in many cases by ST compared with PT and OT．The situation after entrance in a special course，by self-evaluation of the student，many of the students answered“I think I must try hard, but does not work so much．”It needs the whole cultivation school and a professionals organization to do suitable public-relations activity，especially by ST．