Hi Claire: Thanks for your insightful post. And, congratulations for taking up a rather non-traditional role. I believe the image of the profession is advanced through such positions and so does the opportunity to educate others on the principles that guide our practice, as we all work toward the benefit of our clients. Keep it up. Joe
----- Original Message ----- From: "Claire1 Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 9:44 AM Subject: Re: Re[10]: [OTlist] PT does it all!! > Hi Ron and Joe > Your ongoing debate is very interesting. I qualified as an OT in 1996 > and have worked in orthopaedics and hands since 1998. I have recently > started as an arthroplasty practitioner in Derby, England. This is a > new post which I'm starting up from scratch. The main remit of my post > is with regard to the follow up of routine hip and knee arthroplasty > patients. The patients see me at the first 6/52 check and then at > annual review instead of the consultant/registrar. > I've found your debate particularly topical as I continue to develop > the post. I think that it is possible to work from a "mechanistic" and a > "holistic" viewpoint. I need to check wounds, rule out DVTs, assess ROM > and interpret x-rays - mechanistic/reductionistic practice. But I also > need to ensure that I'm facilitating the patient to participate in the > activities/occupations which are felt to be meaningful. > Is this the unique domain of OT? I don't know!! I actually find the > longer I practice the more difficult it is to truly define OT. My post > was also open to PT and nursing and I'm sure that each profession may > have taken a slightly different focus. Would a nurse or a physio be > addressing occupation in the same way as me? Should they? I don't > think that considering an individual's occupation solely belongs to OT, > but I do think that it provides our overall practice bias. And as such, > surely we should be the experts!? Maybe we need some analogies - for > example, there's a difference between being able to wire a plug and an > entire house! I guess the important thing is to ensure that each > profession is working to benefit the patient and to respect professional > expertise. > all good wishes > Claire > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/09/03 02:23am >>> > Hi Ron: > > > You are right all states provide some form of regulation of OT in > general, > just not licensure (except that there 4 states that do not regulate > OTAs- > Virginia, New York, Hawaii, and Colorado). In my earlier post I > slipped, I > meant licensure to ensure and define our scope of practice. Sorry for > the > confusion. > > Ron, I think you know by now that I do believe in OT's strength and > scope to > be the most effective and efficient contributor to facilitate a > person's > independence/ ability to function in accordance to his developmental > stage > and per societal norms in daily living/ occupational tasks (even if > they are > not daily :-) (life functions- I do like this word) that he must, > should and > wishes to indulge in. I do not doubt that we bring in the > 'specialization' > to identify and address occupational limitations, maladaptations and > deprivations. Just as PTs bring in the specialization to address > 'physical > functions' by 'physical means', and naturopathists bring in the > 'specialization' to address/ fight pathology and promote health by > 'natural' > methods, or an MD brings in the specialization with 'allopathic' > methods. We > do have a role.....but again, as the work done by MD may be done by a > DO, or > that of an ND (Naturopathic Doctor) by a overzealous DC, most of what a > DC > does by a PT... our 'domain' is turfed/ shared by others - PT, nurses, > DCs, > SLPs, rec. therapists, etc.. > > In the general sense of the word, yes 'occupation' is our domain but to > me > strictly 'legally' it is not and, I really don't see how it can be. > That is, > legally we cannot claim it to ourselves and prevent it from being > practiced > by others. The question is not who is the best qualified, but do > others > perform it, too. If walking is an occupational task, it is addressed > elsewhere, if sports is an occupation (vocational or leisure) for an > athelete, sports rehab is addressed by someone else (including the > psychosocial aspects of it), if self-care is an important aspect of > occupational performance, nurses have been endorsed by medicare to do > all > the teaching and training they want in institutions or homehealth. > Luckily, > they have chosen not to or, do not feel comfortable doing......I was > worried > with the term ' rehabilitation nursing', when it first came out as a > skillable service under Part A SNF-PPS. > > Since the scope of the word "occupation" is so wide, we will see it > being > practiced by others, may be under a different term. In my opinion, it > is > more worthwhile to unleash the breadth and scope of the profession and > practice it 'holistically', fully understanding that no one person can > handle all the issues by themselves. You will have a mental health OT > believing (or at least focusing in this area) that OT is all in the > head and > limbic sytem, a physical-dysfn./ hand OT believing in the word that > biomechanics is what moves the world that follows the laws of physics, > a > hi-tech OT transforming the environment into a spaceship to ensure that > life > still floats, a hospice OT believing that OT lies in ensuring that > even > death is a 'productive goal' in life...........all still bonded by a > common > thread ensuring that life-functions (the occupations of living) are > best > facilitated and preserved. The emphasis is on identifying, addressing/ > treating those 'occupations' and it's effect on life. In different > settings > the dominance of different factors that affect occupational performance > will > differ- mental (psychopathological/ sociopathological, > neuropsychiatric) > issues or, physical issues ( orthopedic, neurological/ sensori-motor/ > neurodevelopmental, cardiovascular), etc., with the need for the > emphasis to > shift from one approach to another. So do the skills. > > In the medical model, we can just blatantly say it is based upon the > pathology/ disabilty. Or, as OTs have the opportunity to put in > perspective > of the client's unique need and place in the social arena. > > Again, not 'legally' but I truelly believe our uniqueness lies as the > true > 'link' between medical rehabilitation and social rehabilitation ( I > look at > SWs as the gateway to social rehab)....how often we act as the link or > the > lock is the question..... > > Ron thanks for a good debate. Would love to hear others' viewpoints. > Thanks > to the ones that did respond to this thread. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Carson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Joe Wells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 11:38 AM > Subject: Re[10]: [OTlist] PT does it all!! > > > > Hello Joe: > > > > Will you further explain your below statement? > > > > I may be wrong, but I believe that all states provide some form of > OT > > regulation. However, not all states provide licensure. > > > > What is OT's unique contribution to healthcare? What is it that we > do > > that no other profession can do better or equally? > > > > Ron > > > > > > =============================================================== > > On 9/6/2003,[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > JW> While I hope that "occupation" is our domain, legally we cannot > claim > it as > > JW> ours only. With a couple of states yet to regulate OT in the US, > anybody can > > JW> practice it there. While the principle of occupation has > certainly be > > JW> claimed by our profession- and, "occupation" is what we > "do-mainly", > it is > > JW> not our domain in the strictest legal sense, since it is > practiced > overtly > > JW> or covertly by other professions. 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