Rehabilitation Sciences 3061A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Occupational Therapy, Spinal Cord Injury, Palliative Care
30 Apr 2018
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Rehabilitation Science 3061B – Occupational Therapy
Where do OTs Work?
OT Frames of Reference
Help link theory to intervention
Several frames of reference can be used by OT to achieve client goals
Biomechanical
▪ Focuses on movement analysis (hand therapy)
▪ Looks at things from a kinematics perspective
▪ The outcomes remain occupation focused
▪ This approach is used more in acute settings
Rehabilitation
o Return to fullest physical, mental, social, vocational and economic functioning as
possible
o Compensatory strategies
• Spinal cord injury went through rehab home modifications (you
would add ramps in the home environment)
Regardless of using biomechanical or rehabilitation, the goal is to maximize the ability
of the person and their occupation
Support Personnel
- OTs work with physiotherapists, speech, audiologist, dieticians, physicians; closest
working relationship specific to a hospital setting is the support workers
- Support workers primarily work with OTA (occupational therapist assistant)
- COTO endorses the utilization of support personnel in the delivery of OT services in
Ontario
- In order to provide effective and efficient service, OTs often assign components of their
OT plan to an individual not registered with the college (support personnel)
- By assigning tasks means the OT is doing the assessment and assigning the support
worker the task to complete but the OT is still responsible for that task (he/she
CANNOT delegate the task to soeoe else that is helpig out, this is the OT’s
responsibility)
Where do OTs work?
OTs work with clients throughout the lifespan (can work with very young, maybe even
as soon as the baby is born to when they have to be taken to the palliative care)
Areas of practice and client population can vary
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Document Summary
Several frames of reference can be used by ot to achieve client goals. Biomechanical: focuses on movement analysis (hand therapy, looks at things from a kinematics perspective, the outcomes remain occupation focused, this approach is used more in acute settings. Rehabilitation: return to fullest physical, mental, social, vocational and economic functioning as possible, compensatory strategies, spinal cord injury went through rehab home modifications (you would add ramps in the home environment) Regardless of using biomechanical or rehabilitation, the goal is to maximize the ability of the person and their occupation. Ots work with physiotherapists, speech, audiologist, dieticians, physicians; closest working relationship specific to a hospital setting is the support workers. Support workers primarily work with ota (occupational therapist assistant) Coto endorses the utilization of support personnel in the delivery of ot services in. In order to provide effective and efficient service, ots often assign components of their. Ot plan to an individual not registered with the college (support personnel)
