http://rehab-insider.advanceweb.com/occupational-therapy-for-daily-tasks/

This article is about an OTs experience with a broken wrist. The OT in this case works home health and puts emphasis on how she is having difficulty with even the most basic daily tasks following the injury to her wrist.

https://www.myotspot.com/activity-tolerance-interventions/

This is a really cool article from an OT who works in SN. I found some really good ideas here during my last rotation considering that about 90% of my patient load had severe activity tolerance deficits.

https://www.aota.org/~/media/Corporate/Files/Advocacy/Reimb/News/AOTAG-CodeChart2013.pdf

This is a neat pdf that lists a variety of assessments to be used with patients who have experienced cognitive changes as a result of a neurocognitive disorder or neurodcognitive decline.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5378204/

Basically, this article is about how OT services impact interpersonal functionality and social performance among psychiatric and non-psychiatric patients. Interpersonal functionality and social performance improved following OT services.

http://rehab-insider.advanceweb.com/the-health-files-ethics/

This article hit home since it is about how SNFs are basically overcharging Medicare via RUGs. It home because of what I witnessed in SNF. A very interesting perspective and thoughts for those of us planning to work in skilled nursing.

http://dyerrehab.com/occupational-therapy-and-mental-health/

This a link to a page that describes a specific facility's role for OT in mental health. It describes what OTs do to increase engagement and participation and decrease negative attitudes.

https://www.occupationaltherapy.com/articles/mental-health-and-older-adults-3045

This article describes the importance of being effective in managing the psychosocial aspects of being an OT who treats older adults. Specifically, the author hones in the the importance of strengthening psychosocial therapeutic skills when working in settings that treat older adults.

http://rehab-insider.advanceweb.com/the-magic-cure-for-spasticity-reduction/

This is a neat article that hits on a variety of issues surrounding spasticity. It describes how a therapist might approach explaining what spasticity means when asked by a patient, including a script of sorts to guide a therapist. It also describes what EBP a therapist could use to aid in the reduction of spasticity.

http://www.munchkinandflan.com/?p=9

This is a very interesting article covering the different types of clinical reasoning. In this blog, the author, an OT defines the different types of clinical reasoning and then discusses how these are used in the clinic in actuality. This page would be very helpful for students assigned to define and describe the different types of clinical reasoning.

http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/201/028/130.htm

This is a link to the requirements of COTA supervision in the state of Kentucky. It describes the documentation process and what COTAs can and cannot do in the occupational therapy process.

http://rehab-insider.advanceweb.com/the-original-barthel-index-of-adls/

This article describes the Barthel Index in detail including reliability and validity, administration procedures and scoring and interpreting results. I found it useful when in fieldwork I wasn't sure if I was doing it correctly, so I did some research.

https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1741-7015-10-30

This article discusses improving cognition in older adults without dementia living in the community. It's interesting because the study shows that by employing multi domain cognitive training, cognitive skills of older adults can improve significantly.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Charles_Wallace/publication/13584977_Skills_Training_Versus_Psychosocial_Occupational_Therapy_for_Persons_With_Persistent_Schizophrenia/links/00b7d528bc6088c40b000000/Skills-Training-Versus-Psychosocial-Occupational-Therapy-for-Persons-With-Persistent-Schizophrenia.pdf

This is an interesting article because at the time the results suggested that an intervention contrary to that of which OTs were employing (recreational therapy in this case). Basically, the study showed that teaching skills promoted more independent living among those with persistent psychosis compared to recreational activities. This is especially interesting considering skills training is used today as an intervention strategy for those who are on the psychotic spectrum.

http://www.otseeker.com/Info/PDF/The%20Process%20of%20EBP.pdf

This article is about how evidence-based practice applies to occupational therapy practice. It's particularly interesting because it discusses the notion that RCTs cannot answer each type of clinical question.

https://ajot.aota.org/article.aspx?articleid=1877089

This is an interesting article because it provides an historical perspective to how the profession responded to pending change in reimbursement policies and procedures. Even those this is an article from 1991, its a good piece to read in terms of how the profession adapted while continuing to maintain the Code of Ethics.

http://www.ajhpe.org.za/index.php/ajhpe/article/view/396

Although this article is from So. Africa, its discussion on confidentiality and privacy really hit home because in both of the settings I worked patient treatments were conducted in a room of other patients being treated. It was difficult and confusing for me initially because I was unsure of in which ways to discuss patients especially when I witnessed discussions by therapists that were right on the border line of breaching confidentiality and privacy.

http://cnhs.fiu.edu/ot/_assets/documents/2.3_Fieldwork%20Information/Information%20on%20Medicare%20Pymt%20Covg.pdf Here is a link to a pdf out lining federal requirements for OT and OTA students when treating patients with Medicare. Specifically, for outpatient, a student can evaluate and treat as long as qualified personnel is in the same room. Qualified personnel can be an OT or a COTA as long as they are meet all licensure requirements.

http://www.archives-pmr.org/article/S0003-9993(00)10578-7/pdf
I found this article several weeks ago when I began evaluation CVA and TBI patients. It's a scooping review of clinical treatments and the article provides recommendations based on such evidence. It separates memory, attention, and visual-perception and discusses best practices to use when treating cognitive deficits post brain injury.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8322880 This is an abstract to an article I received at my fieldwork site that discusses the types of clinical reasoning used in occupational therapy. Scientific, narrative, and pragmatic are used in the occupational therapy profession. This is true on a daily basis at the site where I work. We consider the patient's narrative and what he/she is able to do based on screening and assessment along with the resources we have available. Treatment choices are further supported by the underlying scientific reasoning that a particular treatment will work and fits because evidence supports its applicability as does clinical experience.

The clinic I work in serves primarily patients who are on Medicaid and Medicare with many of those individuals receiving assistance for mental health issues. The article highlights the role of OTs as educators to clients, family, staff, and other community members of which is prevalent within the clinic I work. This is especially true of patients who are recovering from strokes and who are severely limited in their ability to perform self-care, work, etc.. With each stroke patient I have evaluated and treated, I have included a discussion on the importance of a positive attitude in the recovery process as well as warning signs of depression, urging patients to recognize these symptoms and seek help promptly.