400907 Lecture 1: OTP1 - file 1
22 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Week 1
TUT
Who, what, when, where, why?
Occupation - any meaningful activity - anything that someone does during the day
Stages of an interview
Initial stage
Developmental exploration stage
Closing stage
INITIAL STAGE
Introducing yourself
Explaining your role
Explaining the purpose of the interview
Developing a report
ACTIVITY 1
You are on placement in a community aged care team and have been asked to conduct an initial
interview with a new client to the service. The client is a 65 year old lady with Parkinson’s Disease.
The occupational therapist needs to work with this client to help her engage in her chosen
occupations.
Who - 65 year old lady with Parkinson's disease, who is a NEW client
What - initial interview
Why - how to help her engage in chosen occupations
Parkinson's disease -
Gate pattern = shuffle and bounce in walk
Tremors
Shaky
Affects nerves
As an OT you are - Always looking, always thinking, always assessing
How would you introduce yourself?
Hi, I'm Tahlia, an occupational therapy student. How are you today?
How would you introduce the interview?
Is it okay if I ask you a few questions now so I can gain an understanding of your situation and we
can work out some strategies to help you achieve doing the things that you value?
In an introduction
Clarify what the person would like to you to call them
Clarify their past experience with occupational therapy
Explain the occupational therapy role
Gain consent
Explain purpose of this interview - get background information and see where we can go
from there
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Document Summary
Occupation - any meaningful activity - anything that someone does during the day. You are on placement in a community aged care team and have been asked to conduct an initial interview with a new client to the service. The client is a 65 year old lady with parkinson"s disease. The occupational therapist needs to work with this client to help her engage in her chosen occupations. Who - 65 year old lady with parkinson"s disease, who is a new client. Why - how to help her engage in chosen occupations. Gate pattern = shuffle and bounce in walk. As an ot you are - always looking, always thinking, always assessing. Clarify what the person would like to you to call them. Clarify their past experience with occupational therapy. Explain purpose of this interview - get background information and see where we can go from there. Personal life - how they do things.
