This article raises, but does not answer, the kinds of questions that need to be asked by responsible occupational therapists in the 1980s--ethical questions that deal with technological advances on the one hand and limited resources on the other. The article examines moral dilemmas that practitioners and students face when making clinical decisions in a climate where technology and cost contai...

With an increasing emphasis on interprofessional education within the allied health professions, simulation has potential for being a useful teaching modality for providing collaborative learning experiences for occupational and physical therapist students. However, there are many challenges associated with conducting simulations with large numbers of students. We describe the design, planning,...

Occupational therapists have the training and skill to modify office environments in order to promote employee health. Minor changes in the ways tasks are performed can improve work performance, decrease the incidence of minor health complaints, and help prevent repetition injury. Two employee health promotion education programs are described. They were conducted by an occupational therapist an...

OBJECTIVE This study addressed what it is like to practice as an occupational therapist with a disability. METHOD Open-ended interviews using a phenomenological approach were conducted with 10 participants until data saturation was achieved. Each transcripted interview was coded for categories, and the common themes across transcripts were identified. RESULTS These major themes were identif...

Provision of safe and effective occupational therapy in neonatal intensive care units requires an understanding of neonatal medical conditions and treatment modalities. This article explains basic medical concepts and technology with terminology frequently encountered in neonatal intensive care. Discussions of neonatal thermoregulation, respiratory care, hemodynamic monitoring, and metabolic su...

It’s possible that you are reading this shortly after returning from the AOTA Annual Conference and Expo in Minneapolis. For those who were not able to attend, let me tell you a little about what the experience of “conferencing” is like—at least for me, a veteran of at least 20 conferences. In my early days as an occupational therapist, I attended Conference to hear about the newest assessments...

The need for thorough and sound evaluation of clients has been a mandate for occupational therapy since the early 1980s (Ywca, 1981). Several treatises have been printed on the subject in various publications of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) (e.g., American]ournal of Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy News, and Mental Health Focus· Skills for Assessment and Treatm...

The "Guide to Classification of Occupational Therapy Personnel" has been developed as a resource for the American Occupational Therapy Association and for health care administrators and others requiring the services of occupational therapy personnel. The guide to common job roles of occupational therapy describes the qualifications and performance expectations of associated roles. The job roles...