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brittali

The Heart, Mind, and Soul of Professionalism in Occupational Therapy | American Journal... - 3 views

ajot.aota.org/article.aspx

professionalism

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  • shaemckay on 25 Jul 14
     
    This article focused on the importance of having your heart, mind, and soul behind you and your profession in order to present professionalism within the occupational therapy field. The heart of professionalism in occupational therapy, focuses on doing Good Work and/or ensuring that what we are doing is right for us as well as improving another's life. The mind of professionalism in occupational therapy, this idea is centered around working to broaden the scope of knowledge within occupational therapy as well as providing EVP to your clients because they deserve more than the routine BUE exercises. Lastly, the soul of professionalism within occupational therapy, this involves collaborating with other individuals within the profession, critically evaluating, and brainstorming to ensure that the highest standard of practice is being used within the clinics. These three components are interwoven. Therefore, if one piece, the heart, mind, or soul is missing then the level of professionalism you portray decreases.
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  • stewarts3 on 01 Aug 14
     
    The Heart, Mind, and Soul of Professionalism in Occupational Therapy. This is an AJOT article that discusses the topic of professionalism and how it applies to occupational therapy practice. The article discusses the "heart of professionalism" and how presenting oneself in a professional manner is crucial in today's healthcare market as an occupational therapy practitioner.
  • lannars on 06 Aug 14
     
    This article explores the question of how as OT's we stay convinced that our work is, and can always be, right for ourselves just as it is good for the world. The author proposes the answer lies in how we understand and enact professionalism
  • saracrall on 07 Aug 14
     
    This is a really neat article. It personifies professionalism and puts a whole new meaning to it. It emphasizes the importance of it for our field and how it has evolved over the years. I like how it talks about professionalism can bring occupational therapists together and "nourish our convictions in the rightness of our work for ourselves and its goodness for the world." This article is written more like a novel and I think many people would enjoy the read!!
  • meganthompson on 09 Aug 14
     
    This article provides an interesting perspective concerning professionalism in occupational therapy. In this article the author examines the importance of having your heart, mind, and soul as your driving force in order to demonstrate professionalism. The heart of professionalism involves a belief that what you do to better people's lives and society is so special that no amount of money could measure how important it is to you. The mind of professionalism involves the application of knowledge and expertise that enables a therapist to be empowered and inspired to utilize evidence within their everyday practice to better meet their patients' needs. Lastly, the soul of professionalism includes the special bond therapists have with one another and with their patients, focused on collaboration and creativity, in order to provide the highest quality of care to their patients.
  • arikamarie on 18 Aug 15
     
    This article in The American Journal of Occupational Therapy sets out to describe professionalism and how it relates to the occupational therapy field and career. The author, Wendy Wood (2004), describes professionalism as an "ideal that encompasses widely held expectations of, and objective standards for evaluating, any field that calls itself a profession." She emphasizes how personal professionalism is and relates it to the heart, mind, and soul to illustrate its most crucial elements. She describes the history of the profession and how it along with professionalism has developed as the field has grown. Wood goes on to state that any field, occupational therapy included, which claims professional stature must be equally dedicated to developing it's "mind" and "heart." This just means that the body of knowledge must also continue to grow and develop as the profession grows. We must also grow as professionals who are interacting with one another. Wood (2004) states the importance of interacting with others in ways that are "honest, critically evaluative, and dedicated toward realizing a greater good."
  • mregan1301 on 30 Oct 15
     
    This article provides a guideline on how occupational therapists can understand and carryout professional behavior. The author breaks down professionalism in terms of "the vital elements" the heart, mind, and soul and how to apply these aspects in a professional manner. The author highlights the fact that professionalism is a process and grows over time.
  • karajordan on 17 Oct 16
     
    As we engage our hearts to do Good Work, strive to nourish our minds, and to cultivate the authenticity of our souls we can help make the field of occupational therapy stand out and be a pillar of professionalism. Wendy Wood's article is inspiring and is a good read to give you a little boost.
  • brittali on 09 Dec 16
     
    The author's purpose of this article was to promote professionalism as heart, mind, and soul at all level so that all we do in the name of occupational therapy not only remains right for ourselves and good for the world, but also grows more so over time. He described professionalism as especially important for the well-being of individuals or of society at large, having a value so special that money cannot serve as its sole measure: it is also simply good work. The author was captured by the magic of occupational therapy as a counselor at a summer camp for autistic children, which was a truly inspiring story about how he fell in love with the profession. He emphasized how personal professionalism is; so personal, in fact, that he uses the metaphors of heart, mind, and soul to depict its most vital elements. Any field claiming professional stature must be just as dedicated to cultivating its mind as it is to nourishing its heart, as the two are wonderfully symbiotic. I loved this article, and it truly depicted the meaning of and what it means to be an occupational therapist at a personal level.
gentiledj09

Supervision of Occupational Therapy Level II Fieldwork Students: Impact on and Predicto... - 1 views

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  • gentiledj09 on 06 Aug 16
     
    This study was particularly interesting considering we are currently paired with clinicians during our level II rotations. The study aimed to determine whether a difference in productivity exists between clinicians supervising and not supervising a Level II occupational therapy student and whether factors including clinician years of experience, practice setting, and clinician productivity without a student could predict clinician productivity while supervising a student. Results indicated no difference in clinician productivity with or without a student. Clinician years of experience, practice area, and productivity without a student were significant predictors of clinician productivity while supervising a student. Study results contradict the belief that supervising Level II fieldwork students lowers clinicians' productivity. Findings suggest that practice area and productivity without a student are important factors influencing the productivity of clinicians supervising a fieldwork student.
beihlt

How OTs can help educate about visiting loved ones with dementia - 0 views

For this blog post, I want to concentrate on how we, as future OTs, can help educate family and friends on how to plan a successful visit to a loved one living with dementia. When visiting a person...

http:__www.alzheimer.mb.ca_we-can-help_further-reading_

started by beihlt on 14 Nov 15 no follow-up yet
christenhopkins

Clincal Reasoning - 2 views

This article discusses how 13 experienced OTs utilized head-mounted video cameras to capture their clinical reasoning data in order to collect and analyze it within a focused ethnographic framework...

started by christenhopkins on 01 Aug 15 no follow-up yet
kimbleraf

Supervision - 0 views

Authors aimed to determine whether a difference in productivity exists between clinicians supervising and not supervising a Level II occupational therapy student and whether factors including clini...

started by kimbleraf on 16 Aug 15 no follow-up yet
Megan Applegate

music and mental health.pdf - 0 views

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  • Megan Applegate on 06 Aug 16
     
    Individuals experiencing mental health disorders are susceptible to impairments in occupational functioning due to decreased concentration, memory, thought processes, insight, judgement, decision-making, reality orientation, regulating emotions, understanding perception, motivation, and psycho-motor activity. This is a quantitative study out of the South American Journal of Occupation Therapy that studied the effects of slow vs. fast tempo of music on symptoms of psychosis during occupation. There were 160 individuals with diagnosed psychological disorders in a psych hospital in South Africa. The subjects participated in a leatherwork activity while listening to either fast paced/upbeat music or low tempo/slow music. Attention/focus, ability to follow instructions, directedness towards the activity, and motivation were measured in groups of individuals who had psycho-motor agitation or psycho-motor inhibition psychosis. The study found that listening to music during an activity has the ability to improve all three variables in both agitation and inhibited-motor psychosis. Fast-paced tempo significantly improves attention in individuals with inhibited motor-psychosis. The ability to follow instructions improved in both fast and slow tempo music for both agitated and inhibited individuals. Directedness and motivation did not significantly improve in any of the groups. This study indicates that music can improve the ability to perform occupations and activities in individuals with mental health disorders. Music is very individualized and it may be difficult for OT practitioners to work with groups of individuals when introducing music. IT is important for an OT to gather a good understanding of a patient's preferences and determine if they would be a good candidate for the use of music during therapy. More research is recommended in this area to further determine the effects of music on occupation in this population.
courtneyb22

Incidence of SLAP lesions in a military population - 1 views

http://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/151/3/171.full.pdf This was another article that I used during my second fieldwork rotation at the Chillicothe VA Medical Center in regards of orthopedic surgerie...

Occupational Therapy EBP

started by courtneyb22 on 12 Nov 17 no follow-up yet
scamarata1

The Effects of a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Tailored for Women on Global Quality o... - 0 views

Beckie, T. M., & Beckstead, J. W. (2010). The Effects of a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Tailored for Women on Global Quality of Life: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of Women's Health, 19(11), 1977-1985.

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  • scamarata1 on 16 Oct 16
     
    Beckie, T., Beckstead, J. (2010) aimed to study was to focus on the quality of life among women in a traditional cardiac rehabilitation program compared to those completing a tailored program that included motivational interviewing of behavior changes. The study included 252 participants over that age of 21 with myocardial infarction, Angina, CABG, and PCI were studied 3 days a week for 6 months. The participants were divided into two groups. The experimental group included the tailored program and motivational interviewing and the control group used a traditional cardiac rehabilitation program. The study had multiple limitations that included all women were of one ethnicity from a single institution in southeastern U.S. Lastly, studying the efficacy of a program like this is difficult and it is unaware to know if the treatments observed would persist beyond the 6 months. The tailored group showed a positive influence on the subjects QOL. Women with CHD may be better served by first identifying the important psychological and psychosocial variables that influence QOL.
christenhopkins

Supervision - 0 views

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...

started by christenhopkins on 13 Aug 15 no follow-up yet
christenhopkins

iving Life to Its Fullest: Occupational Therapy in Skilled Nursing Facilities. - 0 views

Hofmann, A. O. (n.d.). Living Life to Its Fullest: Occupational Therapy in Skilled Nursing Facilities. The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.aota.org/about-o...

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mflower

The intensity and effects of strength training in elderly - 0 views

* Mayer, F., Scharhag-Rosenberg, F., Carlsohn, A., Cassel, M., Muller, S., & Scharhag, J. (2011). The intensity and effects of strength training in elderly. Deutsches Arzteblatt International, 108(...

started by mflower on 02 Oct 16 no follow-up yet
alliejpeugh

In Depth Review of the Multiple Errands Test (MET) - Stroke Engine - 0 views

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assessments inpatient care ADL function

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  • alliejpeugh on 14 Nov 16
     
    This test could be used in acute care. This assessment offers a hospital version (MET_HV) that would be appropriate in the VA setting. This test was developed for use with a wider range of participants than the original version; it has more concrete rules, simplification of task demands and space provided on the instruction sheet for the patient to record the information they were to collect. There are 12 separate subtasks within four sets of simple tasks. These four task sets are as follows: 1. The patient must complete six specific errands (purchase 3 items, use the phone, collect and envelope from reception and send a letter to an external address), 2. The patient must obtain and write down four items of designated information (e.g. the opening time of a shop on Saturday), 3. The patient must meet the assessor outside of the hospital reception in 20 minutes after the test had begun and state the time, 4. The client must inform the assessor when he/she finishes the test. The test cannot be administered to patients confined to bed due to the nature of the questions. The test would be difficult to complete on patients instructed to only get up with help as they would have to have a nurse available at the time they need to meet some of the task requirements. Both validity and reliability have been established for this test for various populations (see citation for specifics).
alliejpeugh

http://www.tbims.org/combi/ils/ils2012b.pdf - 0 views

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assessments inpatient care

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  • alliejpeugh on 14 Nov 16
     
    This assessment is based on observation of a patient in a more natural environment/setting and looks at if they initiate expected activities such as, turning off appliances, closing doors when they leave, doing dishes, prepping dinner.. etc within 15 min of expected time. This is looked at and recorded each day of the week. In acute care this is just not very applicable, as we don't watch patients all day, every day of the week and the Vets are in an unfamiliar setting where they likely won't initiate such activities even if cognition is unimpaired. Even the activities that do occur in the hospital setting, such as eating lunch, don't apply very well because the score is acquired by adding up how they did each day of the week and it is not very practical to see a patient every day for the entirety of their lunch for a week straight. This may be a nice assessment for the nursing home to use in some instances.
Megan Applegate

Occupational Therapy-How to get a license - 1 views

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Supervision; Applying for Licensure

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  • Megan Applegate on 15 Nov 16
     
    I thought it would be beneficial to provide the steps to take in order to obtain an OT license, since most of us will be taking the certification exam and applying for a license. We are allowed to practice before taking the NBSOT exam, but OTs practicing under a temporary license are required to have supervision by a licensed OT. A student who has graduated from an accredited OT program, but has not passed the certification exam, may practice under a temporary license. However, they must practice under the supervision of a licensed OT in both the evaluation process and the intervention process. To obtain a license, these are the steps that are required: Graduate from an accredited OT or OTA educational program, complete fieldwork requirements, apply for and pass the NBCOT® Certification Examination, and apply for a license and pay a fee for each state/jurisdiction in which you wish to practice.
mflower

Occupational Therapy Role in Wound Management - 1 views

One of my FE's actually showed me this article, but I thought it was very interesting and a niche of OT we had not talked about in class. I did not know OT was involved in wound management, but the...

started by mflower on 10 Aug 16 no follow-up yet
shaemckay

Supervision or Mentoring - 0 views

occupational-therapy.advanceweb.com/...Supervision-or-Mentoring.aspx

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  • shaemckay on 07 Aug 14
     
    Although we are still students, I think it is important that we understand the difference in supervision and mentoring. Through supervision on has the ability to enhance their knowledge and skills in order to provide treatment to their clients as a professional clinician. Having supervision from a clinician who has more exposure to the field allows and entry-level practitioner to gain more knowledge and ideas concerning their clients, goals, treatments, and situations that may affect treatment. Unlike a supervisor, a mentor usually finds a mentee. A mentor often assists a mentee who is trying to reach higher levels that they have already achieved. In a mentoring relationship, it is for a longer duration and often conversation topics are broad and free-flowing without a goal in mind.
bleist36

Professionalism - 0 views

This article examined the issues in forming and implementing an interperfessional course in medically-based education programs. In this study, the researchers attempted to examine the impact of an...

http:__scholarworks.wmich.edu_cgi_viewcontent.cgi?article=1068&context=ojot

started by bleist36 on 15 Nov 14 no follow-up yet
christenhopkins

Using a Sensory Diet with children with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) - 0 views

Currently on our Peds caseload there is an elementary aged boy that has an IEP within his school that requires sensory breaks that he was not getting during the day due to his teachers believing he...

started by christenhopkins on 15 Nov 15 no follow-up yet
christenhopkins

OT Café - 0 views

OT Café This blogspot offers insight into "what to expect in occupational therapy school'. The blogger in charge of this site is a Pediatric OT named Abby. She created this blog to share thought...

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