ABSTRACT

Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of human rights susceptibility among college students majoring in occupational therapy to provide basic data for the development of human rights related curriculum and human rights behavior of college students. Methods: A structured questionnaire consisting of general characteristics and 10 human rights susceptibility episodes was distributed and 408 copies were used for final data analysis. Results: The average of human rights susceptibility was 60.60 (± 26.72). In the case of experience in human rights-related education, human rights susceptibility was higher than that of inexperienced students, but it was not statistically significant. As a result of differences in human rights susceptibility by sub - factors, the perception of the situation was high in all grades. According to grade level, the perception of the situation was in the second grade, and the perception of the result and the perception of responsibility were the highest in the third grade. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, it is necessary to strengthen the contents to improve the human rights consciousness and human rights behavior in the curriculum, and to discuss the practice of occupational therapy to enhance the Occupational Justice in education and clinic.