SSU MOT 6691 & 6692

This free resource can be used to help OTs fine tune their knowledge on evidence-based practice and how it is used in the field. It provides powerpoints and resources to help locate quality research in occupational therapy.

We have discussed the ethics of the occupational therapy profession but I thought it would be useful to know how to go about addressing an ethical issue, if it arises in the workplace. This overview lists the steps that should be taken to properly report a violation of ethics to AOTA.

Supervision is an expectation in the field of occupational therapy. This overview shares what an OT is to do when working with an OTA or a therapy aide. Supervision is also required if an OT elects to be a fieldwork educator. The specific roles of the therapist are outlined in this handout.

This article focuses on the importance of initiating therapy services, both OT and PT, early, to help increase independence at discharge. The study took place at 2 hospitals; subjects were patients who had been on a ventilator for less than 72 hours and were functionally independent prior to hospitalization. This study mentioned how important it is for early mobility to be provided to patients in the ICU. The authors concluded that therapeutic interventions provided during interruption of sedation, even PROM, helped the patients have shorter periods of delirium, less days on a ventilator during the follow-up period, and return to independent functional status after discharge.

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