To me this message serves to highlight one the single biggest challenges facing OT. That is, OT's thinking and behaving like UE PT's. IF this guy's comments represent a large segment of the OT population, I have little confidence that our profession will survive. I think I will forward this letter as a representative example of how SOME OT's think and practice. Ron This is a forwarded message From: John Duffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "FOTA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 02/22/2001 Subject: [fota] O.T. Referrals and Home Health ----- =================Original message text=============== I am lucky to work in an outpatient facility where Occupational Therapy treats the Upper Extremity. The PT's do not complain about this and we get along great. Knowing that this is not the case in many facilities, I feel that it is a privledge to get to treat the shoulder and I have made it a point to learn how to treat it correctly. Regarding the referrals, I have tried to network with all the local surgeons and I tell them to send their UE patients to O.T. As a result, our O.T. referrals have increased. I also work Home Health part time and I can give two examples where the patient was benefiting from O.T. and could have continued but I was automatically discharged because Nursing and or PT did not recertify. Bottom line O.T. does not have the respect from the government. John E. Duffy Miami ==============End of original message text===========
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I am lucky to work in an outpatient facility
where Occupational Therapy treats the Upper Extremity. The PT's do not
complain about this and we get along great. Knowing that this is not the case in
many facilities, I feel that it is a privledge to get to treat the shoulder
and I have made it a point to learn how to treat it correctly. Regarding the
referrals, I have tried to network with all the local surgeons and I tell them
to send their UE patients to O.T. As a result, our O.T. referrals have
increased.
I also work Home Health part time and I can give
two examples where the patient was benefiting from O.T. and could have continued
but I was automatically discharged because Nursing and or PT did not recertify.
Bottom line O.T. does not have the respect from the government.
John E. Duffy
Miami
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