At my clinical rotation, we work on self-feeding with a lot of the nursing home residents. This article is helpful because it details OTs role in feeding, eating, and swallowing. In addition, the expected entry-level knowledge and skills thats OTs and OTAs are expected to have in regards to self-feeding, eating, and swallwing are outlined.

This article reviews the effectivness of psychosocial interventions in treatment of individuals with schizophrenia.

This is a great resource to check out regarding the treatment of patient's with Huntington's disease. Occupational therapists play an important role in the treatment of individuals with Huntington's by implementing strategies to support physical, cognitive, and behavioral factors which may impact engagement, motivation, and learning.

The 1983 Eleanor Clark Slagle Lecture by Joan Rogers addresses the topic of clinical reasoning.

It is important to understand and apply throughout evaluation and intervention, clinical reasoning concepts such as narrative, procedural, interactive, pragmatic, and conditional. This article outlines and discusses the clinical reasoning concepts in further detail.

This article addresses the importance of incorporating complementary/alternative medicine (CAM), prevention, and wellness approaches into OT practice. Some examples of integrative medicine or holistic therapies include yoga therapy, meditation, and music therapy. I especially liked that this article demonstrated reimbursement for holistic OT treatment. For instance, providing "education in progressive relaxation resulted in decreased physical pain and increased emotional regulation, with reduced worry and anxiety." Of course the intervention and results must be relatable to the client's OT goals and can be billed as a therapeutic activity, neuro re-ed, cognition, or ADL, depending on the focus of the treatment and client's POC.

There has been a lot of talk about occupational therapy going to a doctoral degree in the near future. This article caught my interest because there are many different doctoral options in occupational therapy: OTD or DrOT; DPS; PhD and DSc. Which degree option is right for you? Since I know that we would all love to go back to school after graduation!