Occupational Therapy: the emergence of the profession from occupational disease (original) (raw)

Occupational Therapy: From A to Z

Occupational Therapy: From A to Z, 2019

The purpose of this study was to promote learning and knowledge development in the field of Occupational Therapy (OT) and to enhance awareness of this important healthcare profession. To promote the profession, we will be sharing a series called “OT: from A to Z”. In our attempts to further educate the public about what Occupational Therapists (OTs) do, we will be highlighting twenty-six different ways OTs can help and provide services and solutions for living.

Occupational therapy: Still at work

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 1988

Many occupational therapists are moving into the field of occupational health and safety. This move is a reflection of the political and economic climate of Australia as well as the changing legislation related to occupational health. Only New South Wales legislation will, however, be examined in this instance. Occupational therapy's move from a medical model to a holistic conceptual basis has also resulted in an increased awareness of primary prevention strategies and health promotion. The workplace-based strategies which occupational therapists can offer the corporate sector are many and varied and reflect the unique contribution to be made by the profession to occupational health and safety.

THE CHALLENGES OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN PUBLIC HEALTH (Atena Editora)

THE CHALLENGES OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN PUBLIC HEALTH (Atena Editora), 2022

This study was developed through an explanatory, exploratory, selective, analytical and basic bibliographic qualitative research. The objective of the study is to show the advantages of the contribution of the Occupational Therapist (OT) with the Basic Health Unit (UBS) team in the care of patients, to make known the Occupational Therapy interventions at the primary level of health care in the Basic Unit of Health and understand the areas of action of Occupational Therapy in promoting independence in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) of patients treated at the Basic Health Unit, through the analysis of articles published in the national territory. The reading and detailed analysis of articles resulting from the selection made it possible to structure and map the information and significant concepts existing in the articles, which allowed solving the research problem. The final considerations of this study show us that Occupational Therapists (OT) face challenges when they are inserted in various contexts of people's health care and create new forms of intervention, facing obstacles to the accomplishment of the fulfillment of their work, in some regions. of the country, and finally, the study proves that the Occupational Therapist seeks to show the relevance of having this professional integrating the UBS teams, attending patients at the primary level of health care and contributing to an improvement in the quality of life of individuals.

Creating Occupational Therapy: The Challenges to Defining a Profession

Occupational Therapy In Health Care, 2018

The creation of a new profession in the early 20th century, such as occupational therapy, required a commitment to certain ideas and a willingness to accept certain challenges. This study examines the commitment to the idea of therapeutic and health supporting occupation by the early leaders and proponents of the profession and the challenges they faced in gaining acceptance of occupational therapy as a profession capable of delivering a valued health care service to society. Six challenges are reviewed as they occurred in the history of the profession and as they continue to challenge the profession into the present era.

Theoretical_orientation_practice_OccupationalTherapy_ Primary_Helath_Care.pdf

Objective: This article aimed to describe and analyze the theoretical guidance and practical scenarios in the training of occupational therapists in Primary Health Care (PHC). Method: This is a qualitative research, which presents the perspectives of 17 teachers from nine occupational therapy courses in the state of São Paulo. Results: We categorized subjects associated to the study objective and present two categories: theoretical orientation-which includes the study of the referential Alma Ata (1978); Health Reform; critical understanding of the Unified Health System, the PHC and the profession specificity in this field involving understanding of the devices used by the teams occupational therapist and their working tools, social vulnerability understanding, everyday life and institutional context involving services and their management. The Practice Scenarios has been identified a plurality of services and drawings management where theoretical activities practices are developed, pointed out the difficulty of conducting training for this professional field. Moreover, the absence of workers on PHC hinders health care and also impairs the students training from different professional areas. Conclusion: The professional category must value since training, the learning of new care technologies compatible with their knowledge and occupational therapeutic resources towards the population's access to different practices for comprehensive health care, including the care of occupational therapy in PHC.

Promoting Occupational Therapy Profession: Answering the Ten Questions about Occupational Therapy

Public Health and Healthcare, 2020

The purpose of this article was to promote learning and knowledge development in the field of Occupational Therapy (OT) and to enhance awareness of this important healthcare profession among community members and other healthcare professionals. To promote the profession, we will be answering the top ten most common questions usually asked about OT. Additionally, in our attempts to further educate the public about what Occupational Therapists (OTs) do, we will be highlighting the diverse roles and different ways OTs can help and provide services and solutions for living utilizing evidence-based practice, experts opinions, and some selected illustrative images that are instructive, simple and easy to understand. Furthermore, we will shed light on different international OT ceremonies and global resources. We hope that this article will be a helpful and a useful source of information that provides a better understanding of the diverse aspects of Occupational Therapy to anyone who wishes to know more about the profession.

Pioneering occupational therapy and occupational science: Ideas and practitioners before 1917

Journal of Occupational Science, 2017

The concept of using occupation with patients or clients was well established by the time the founders of the American professional organization met in 1917, but the origins that focus on using occupation as a change agent for individual patient benefit remain unclear. Therefore the questions for this paper are: (1) When did occupation begin to be used as a change agent for individual benefit? (2) Who were the people that first advanced the notion of occupation as a potential positive change agent? and (3) What were their ideas about how occupation could be applied? The answers were found by searching the journal literature using multiple terms, about 25, related to the concept of occupation since the term "occupational therapy" did not appear in print until 1915. Ninety-five articles were located published in North American between 1897 and 1916. Six early practice models were identified by terms used in the authors' publications: institutional occupation, diversional occupation, work cure, habit training, specialized workshops and invalid occupation. The authors of the articles were organized into four professional groups: physicians, other professionals (psychologists, nurses, and artists), occupation workers, and occupational therapy personnel. Selected individuals from each group were reviewed along with a sample of their work. The earliest identified published example among the authors was the occupation of gardening, initiated in 1896 but not published until 1917. The earliest identified article describing the value of occupation was published in 1897.