It wasn’t before I met my friend Hwa I first learned about occupational therapy. Couple of years ago‚ I ran into my long-ago friend’s dad at a grocery store when I was back in Korea during a summer vacation. As much as I was glad to say hello‚ he smiled but I saw his eyes were not. It happened that Hwa’s mom and her two other sisters were involved in a car accident five years ago. Although they were all carried to Intensive Care Unit‚ Hwa was the only survivor from the accident. The next day‚ I met
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I someday want to work as an occupational therapist. Occupational therapy (OT) as a field‚ focuses on a variety of physical and functional impairments. Occupational therapists and assistants work with their consumers to help them to regain functionality to be able to perform activities of daily living (ADLs)‚ such as bathing‚ getting dressed‚ eating‚ etc. The physiology of exercise plays a huge role in therapy and is definitely incorporated into therapy sessions. One main component of OT intervention
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Introduction: This report will look into two health care professions Social worker and Occupational therapy. Within this assessment these professions ethical issues will be discussed briefly .they shall be compared and contrasted based on their educational entry requirements there registration conditions‚ the code of conduct of their work place and ethical practice. Finally the CPD and the clinical governance of the two professions shall be examined and differences and similarities will be identified
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Occupational Therapy is a certain therapy that helps get people back to their everyday lives. A lot of people could benefit from this practice. This occupation is good for individuals that love to take care of others. Very creative people would love this job. Occupational therapy involves working with people that have different disabilities‚ ages‚ and developmental stages. Occupational Therapy began in the 1700’s during the age of enlightenment. In 1793 Phillipe Pinel a French physician. Had the
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organization with how they are suppose to approach to the situation. Some of the codes of ethics are for occupational therapy‚ nursing‚ physical therapy‚ athletic training‚ medicine‚ and many more. The code of ethics are approached in this paper are for occupational therapy and nursing. Both of the careers have the same code of ethics‚ but there are some differences. Occupational therapy code of ethics serves two purposes. The first purpose is to provide core values to guide members to ethical
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Many people might question the relationship between occupational therapy and physical therapy. Some think the professions are the same or that the terms are the same; there are a few different therapies for people who have been faced with a stroke‚ a disability‚ or any injury that has caused physical restrictions. The methods and techniques used in these therapies can overlap with each other‚ but both occupational therapy and physical therapy covers all aspects of the patient’s health including their
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"He was only 6‚ yet intuitively knew that people with disabilities could still lead productive lives‚" said his wife‚ Renee Taylor‚ also an occupational therapy professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Kielhofner‚ 61‚ of Lake Geneva‚ Wis.‚ the former head of the occupational therapy department at UIC‚ died Thursday‚ Sept. 2‚ at Mercy Hospital in Chicago‚ after a short battle with cancer. In the 1970s‚ before completing a doctorate in public health at UCLA’s neuropsychiatric institute
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working in this placement area. You should consider what you have learned about the specific practice area‚ for example whether it is forensic‚ community nursing speciality‚ what you have learned about yourself and the complexity of the Learning Disability nurse’s role within it. You are expected to apply a reflective framework of your choice and support your reflection with appropriate references. This piece of reflection will focus on my experiences whilst on practice placement; I will be using
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The development of an occupational therapist needs to reflect the intricacy of an interdisciplinary study. Emphasis must transition away from a trained approach towards an individual who is an independent thinker‚ and has the mindset on improving the practice of this profession. This is why the prominence of a liberal arts education embodies occupational therapy. A worldly and humanistic approach would shift the emphasis of a patient being apart of a disabled category‚ and more towards a person who
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A main focus of pediatric occupational therapists is the improvement of motor skills. Developing these skills with pediatric patients helps them with staying on task and feeling comfortable with their place in space. This helps with attention‚ balance‚ and interaction with the world and other people. There are a variety of ways to help children who have motor skill problems improve. First‚ therapists have to establish a baseline for where a child’s motor skills currently are. From there‚ the techniques
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