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I chose this article because my second FW placement is in an outpatient setting. This study/audit was performed in England over a three-year period. Non-attendance of outpatient services cause ma...
This article is from 2013, but I thought it was an interesting read. I feel I am constantly trying to understand billing more and more. This article discusses physical therapists (PTs), occupation...
The purpose of this study was to measure functional outcomes after outpatient occupational therapy for clients who had upper-extremity injury and surgery or both. A sample of 33 clients referred t...
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Julie_Silver/publication/251415496_Cancer_rehabilitation_with_a_focus_on_evidence-based_outpatient_physical_and_occupational_therapy_interventions/links/55e3177...
https://www.aota.org/~/media/Corporate/Files/.../News/AOTAG-CodeChart2013.pdf Above is the link to a PDF sheet covering frequently used assessments in the outpatient setting. There are also notes ...
Chart that includes the most effective assessment tools for occupational therapists to assist in reporting outpatient functional data to the medicare program. G-code categories that are addressed i...
Client-centered practice and outcomes research are missions of occupational therapy. Although strategies for client goal-setting have advanced the field, the process has limitations. The study in t...
This article looks at comparing two methods for the muscle stabilization of the trunk of patients with chronic low back pain. The methods comprised combination patterns of proprioceptive neuromuscu...
http://www.occupationaltherapy.com/files/event/01200/01294/mpacehandtransplantoutline.pdf This handout presentation discusses occupational therapy and hand transplantation. They cover reasons for...
A key component in all allied health professions is the exposure to clinical experience during fieldwork rotations. Supervisors have reported positive and negative aspects of taking on fieldwork st...
Fieldwork is considered a very important aspect of the student experience. Although it is required in order to complete the OT curriculum, there has been shown to be a shortage of fieldwork placem...
The purpose of this study was to measure functional outcomes after outpatient occupational therapy for clients who had upper-extremity injury and surgery or both. The Canadian Occupational Performa...
http://www.aadep.org/documents/resources/Appendix_G__Modified_Borg_Dyspnea_S_E0BE89914046E.pdf This is a great scale to use with cardiopulmonary patients. I refer to this scale frequently in my cu...
Within outpatient therapy, it is common to see trigger points in muscles that cause pain, weakness and some restriction in ROM. A trigger point can be defined as "a focus of hyperirritability in a...
This study demonstrates that significant functional gains can still be attained in the postacute stroke survivor, despite prior inpatient rehabilitation services.
The Quick DASH is a condensed version of the Outcome Measure, 11 items instead of 30 that evaluates physical function and symptoms in individuals with any or multiple musculoskeletal disorders of t...
Working in any setting, especially hospital or outpatient, an OT is bound to get referrals for post-op individuals. Before working with these individuals it is important to know and understand som...
http://ajot.aota.org/article.aspx?articleid=1880056&resultClick=3
