The American Joul7lal 0./ Occupational Therapy The American Occupational Therapy Association's (AOTA's) 1989/90 Program Evaluation Guide (Accreditation Committee, 1989) for use with the Essentials and Guidelines of an Accredited Educational Program for the Occupational Therapist (American Medical AsSOCiation, American Occupational Therapy Association, 1983) includes the development and implemen...

OBJECTIVES A prediction model of performance in physical disabilities fieldwork was generated with grades received in the occupational therapy curriculum and in prerequisite courses. METHOD Grades included those from functional anatomy, neuroanatomy, physical disabilities lecture, physical disabilities clinic, and prerequisite anatomy and physiology courses. Sampling was done collectively ove...

W e owe Bowen (1996) a debr. Her question, "Should occupational therapy adopt a consumer-based model of service delivery [for the sake of increased collaboration with patients]" (p. 899), warrants deep consideration. The question presses past semantics to challenge the ethos of our profession. It is thus, for me, a question of substance. My inquiries into the nature of the patient-therapist rel...

3. The responsibility for this should be with the surgeon. In the physical field the physiotherapist and occupational therapist can help; in the psychological field a trained field worker (male) who lives with the patients is a necessity. He acts as investigator of individual difficulties, organiser and leader in all group activities. 4. Physiotherapy and occupational therapy have a limited fie...

Dr. Ricardo Carrásco, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is an occupational therapy professor and ikebana artist. He provided the cover art for Summer 2021 edition of The Open Journal Occupational Therapy (OJOT). Ikebana ancient Japanese arranging flowers. “Kanta Wind, Sun Moon” design made from blue white Phalaenopsis orchids, chrysanthemum, bear grass, heirloom driftwood. This gendaika, or freestyle design, ...