Just thinking out loud here...
I know what OT is. I am an OT and I love it and I
believe in it. However, I acknowledge the fact that
PT has something to offer people with disabilities,
too. What I don't know is exactly what it is that PT
has to offer.
I hate to bring up the issue of comparing OT to PT in
an attempt to explain the role of one or both
professions, but it seems to me that this is what
needs to be done. Often people ask me how OT and PT
are different and my response is always to explain to
them what OT is, and then refer them to a PT to
explain what PT is, because I do not feel that I can
fully explain PT's role as well as a PT could. After
all, I went to OT school not PT school!
I used to be comfortable handling it this way, but now
I feel that I need to be aware a what PT really thinks
their role is, because based on the article that Ron
sent below, it sounds as if they think they are
responsible for ADL/self care retraining.
Do they mean this in regard to mobility during ADLs
only or in regard to other components and performance
areas and contexts typically addressed by OT during
ADLs (ie., UE ROM and strength, cognition, fine motor
skills, sensation, environmental adaptations, adaptive
equipment training, etc.) I surely do not think that
PTs believe that the examples above are in their scope
of practice, do they? Please, someone enlighten me.
Thank you.
Sheila
--- Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello All:
>
> It's ironic how things happen because this PM (the
> same day I posted the
> message about the Stroke Magazine article), I was
> given the following from
> PT Magazine's October 2001 edition, page 29.
>
> WHAT FOLLOWS IS THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE IN ITS
> ENTIRETY.................
>
>
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>
> State OT associations, backed by their national
> association, continued their
> campaign to limit a traditional area of physical
> therapy practice - ADL's
> and self-care. OT organizations argue that PT's
> have recently entered these
> areas in an attempt to broaden PT's scope of
> practice. PT education and
> practice, however, have long supported these areas
> of PT. This is a battle
> that is taking place in both the legislative and
> regulatory arenas. It is
> being used to oppose PT legislative initiatives and
> modifications to
> regulations governing PT practice.
>
> Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland,
> Mississippi and New
> Hampshire all addressed a variety of OT-related
> legislation in 2001,
> including its inclusion in workers' compensation
> programs, creation of
> independent OT boards, and implementation of
> sweeping changes in OT practice
> acts.
>
> Forecast: APTA is monitoring this push to introduce
> OT practice act
> legislation in state legislatures around the
> country. The Association will
> continue to work with state chapters to ensure that,
> if this type of
> legislation passes, that will establish a scope of
> practice that accurately
> reflects the education and clinical training of the
> OT.
>
>
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>
> If you ever doubt that there is REAL competition
> between OT and PT then this
> should help change your mind. I guess the real
> question is what, as both
> individuals and an organization, can/should we do to
> address the issues
> raised by this article.
>
> Ron
>
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