Role Emerging Occupational Therapy Maximising Occupation-Focused Practice

by Thew, Miranda; Edwards, Mary; Baptiste, Sue; Molineux, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9781405197823
• ISBN10: 140519782X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-25
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Role Emerging Occupational Therapy: Maximising Occupation Focused Practice is written for an audience of occupational therapy practitioners, educators and students. This text offers an exploration of emerging innovative directions for the profession of occupational therapy with a focus upon the theory and application of role emerging placements The book affords the reader an opportunity to explore how occupation focused practice can be applied to a wide variety of settings and circumstances in order to improve the health and well-being of a diverse range of people. Chapters cover relevant theory as well as offering practical guidance with examples drawn from the experiences of university educators, occupational therapists, setting/service providers and students. The book describes, explores and discusses both the potential and ramifications of role emerging practice on the occupational therapy profession and offers a vision for the future of the profession that reflects current occupational, social and health needs.

Author Biography

Miranda Thew is a senior Lecturer in Occupational Science and Occupational therapy at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. Mary Edwards is Associate Clinical Professor at the School of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada. Susan Baptiste is Professor at the School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Matthew Molineux is Associate Professor at the School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work at Curtin University, Perth, Australia.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Notes on contributors

Background to OT, and philosophy of OT and emergence/re-emergence of occupation focussed practice

Emerging occupational therapy practice: Building on the foundations and seizing the opportunities

Models of role emerging placements

Current examples of emerging practice for occupational therapists

Successful role emerging placements: It is all in the preparation

The student experience of a role emerging placement

Promoting well-being in a large organisation: Challenges and opportunities

An occupational perspective of a disability-focused employment service

Promoting occupational therapy in a community health centre

Occupational therapy: Can it make a difference in community cardiac failure?

Community development

Part Three Future of the profession

Using policy and government drivers to create role emerging opportunities

The way forward?

Index

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