Hello All:
In my view profession-specific jargon often presents itself as somewhat academic at
best, and pretentious at
worst. Consequently my approach in this context takes a dual focus. The overall goal
of how I communicate
occupational terminology to others, including professionals, clients and other
stakeholders, is geared
towards educating them as to what my role (based on their need, diagnoses etc.) as an
OT means to them.
Given this goal I firmly believe that I need to re-interpret occupational terminology
(or functional
terminology if you will) in *transparent* terms so that my clients, professionals I
work with, supervisor et
al gain a better appreciation as to what I as an OT can do for them. My charting is
done in exactly the
same way. Of course when I communicate with OT students and/or other OTs I frequently
resort to
occupational terminology, and in fact may also prefer to use it, so long as it is not
cumbersome, or
circuitous in terms of the point I wish to make.
Thanks,
Biraj
Ron Carson wrote:
> Do you guys think that our profession should primarily communicate to other
>professionals, reimbursers and
> among ourselves using occupational terminology or functional terminology.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron
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