I found this Prezi created by a student at the University of Toronto during her level 2 fieldwork placement.

This article was in the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists Occupational Therapy Now magazine. It discusses how occupational therapy is increasingly used in the role of pain management for cancer patients.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of static resting splints in an early RA population. The study hypothesis was that there would be a difference in the change of hand function after 12 months in patients with early RA who received standardized occupational therapy plus static resting splints compared with standardized occupational therapy alone.

The Centers For Disease Control has a webpage dedicated to arthritis. It has links for things such as interventions, statistics, basic arthritis information, and additional resources.

This article was published in the Jounal of Hand Therapy April/June 2008. This article details the 5-step protocol that was developed in response to the large number of amputees from Operation Enduring Freedom. The article is broken into 3 "phases": "acute care, subacute care, and long-term rehbilitation needs."

I realize we are a few weeks past this, but I found this in an e-mail from this summer and thought the information could be useful.

This article addresses "health-related issues...appropriate sexual behavior...reproduction and pregnancy" related to sexuality and people with disablities.

I found this PDF about MET levels that was created by the Heart Centre at St. Paul's Hospital in Canada. I liked how they explained what MET is.

Note- in order to view this article online, you must be a member of AOTA. This article talks about how different people may define the word "home" differently and how that definition can impact someone's ability to safely "age-in-place" and how a person's home environment can impact a person's engagement in meaningful occupations.

We have talked quite a bit in our classes about types and uses of Assistive Technology. I came across this website that gives an overview of laws and how they provide for assistive devices. While the website is geared toward families of children, the information can also be beneficial in educating adult clients of their rights as well.

I found this article, from 1998, that compared the "responsiveness" of the FIM and the Barthel Index in patients with MS and patients who had experienced stroke. The authors state that "he aim of this study is to compare the appropriateness and responsiveness of the BI and the FIM in patients with multiple sclerosis and stroke patients receiving inpatient rehabilitation."

This article, on the University of Georgia's University Health Center website is geared toward students, however I believe many of the principles listed can carry over in other areas of life, not just academic. The article addresses mindset, nutrition, exercise, spirituality, and other aspects of lifestyle that can affect how we deal with stress.