Occupational Therapy (OT) is not a very well known career choice and since I applied, people always ask what OT really is. At the beginning I didn’t even have an answer for such a question. I knew bits and pieces that I put together from job shadowing, the internet and friends that had seen an Occupational Therapist, still I had no words. There was a gap in my knowledge about Occupational Therapy, and who would have thought that understanding the most obvious word could begin to fill this gap –
1. Client Occupational Profile and Referral A. Client Occupational Profile Fatemah Al Ghanim is a 65-year-old female with a diagnosis of onset of lymphedema of her left arm and forearm. She used to be a physical education teacher since she loved playing sports and staying fit. Currently, she is taking calcium for bone loss due to post-cancer treatments, vitamin D for breast health, and fish oil to treat high cholesterol levels. Fatemah had been referred for an occupational therapy evaluation by
Basic Concepts of Occupational Therapy When asked what is meant by “occupation”, people will often think of “work” or even a “job” that is done by a person. An occupation has multiple dimensions. It includes anything from abilities to skills and tools. Occupations are usually goal directed or purposeful (Pierce, 2001). In occupational therapy, “occupation” is looked at through a different lens. Occupation can be looked at in many different contexts and Nelson (1998) describes occupation as, “The
Translation, face and content validity and inter-rater, intra-rater and test- retest reliability of persian version of"child initiated pretend play assessment" for Iranian children Background and Aim: The play is a complex concept unlike its appearance. This caused others to use play assessment to check other skills. But it's important itself. The play has a cognitive basis and is a potential source for assessment of academic skills. Assessing pretends play - which occurs in 18 months to 6 year
Since I can recall I have always been interested in helping the community and been inclined towards promoting health and wellbeing for the people. I remember that when I was a little girl probably six or seven years old, I used to tell everyone that I saw smoking: don’t smoke its bad for you and it affects your body. Back then it was a random act of a child, but this made me realize that I wanted to help the community by educating and promoting them towards a better and healthier lifestyle. My family
degree in occupational therapy, the activity sparked another representation in my mind which was of a therapy setting where the client is working
The environmental barriers are most of the time discussed under the umbrella term ‘accessibility’ (Useh et al., 2001). Although accessibility is a well-known and frequently used word, there is no unambiguous definition for it (Iwarsson and Stahl., 2003 in Shoodihal, 2006) and a number of authors have argued matters about its definition. The standard definition of accessibility in the fourth edition of the dictionary ‘the ease with which one place can be reached from another’ which included interactions
While the prescriber has a professional responsibility to issue a safe and legible prescription, haste, fatigue or a lack of understanding of the importance of clear prescribing may contribute to illegibility. MEs(medical errors) include errors of omission as well as errors of commission. MEs, like other types of patient safety incidents, usually arise from human factors and poorly designed health-care
Renukaradhya et al.,2002). Consumption of unpas¬teurized dairy products, contaminated food, and occupational contact are the major risks of brucellosis infection to man (Godfroid et al.,2005). Contact with infected materials such as aborted fetuses, placentas, urine, manure, carcass, and salvaged animals cause human brucellosis in 60%–70% of cases observed (WHO.,2006). Infection by contact is found among the occupational groups such as veterinarians, abattoir workers, farmers, animal handlers, and others
rehabilitation is a massive discipline including treatment for new injuries, reducing or lessening permanent disability which is a result of injury, supporting persons adapting to newly acquired disabilities with physical and occupational therapy, physical and occupational therapy, providing prosthetics and orthotics and other mobility aids, and the range of medical and lifestyle adjustments necessary after spinal cord injuries in order “to achieve and maintain optimal functioning in interaction with