Hello Annette: Thanks for your reply... I agree with the concept that their is confusion about our name but of course occupation is just one example of many words in the English language having multiple definitions.
I can't help wonder if the problem doesn't go MUCH deeper than just the name. I wonder if OT practitioner/educator have/are contributing to our identity crisis. Along that line, can I ask you another question??? Do you think there is confusion among practitioners about the domain and practice patterns of our profession?? For example: I know of no literature referring to OT as UE experts, however, many practitioners see themselves (and practice as if) they are UE experts. Another example: We are constantly educated that OT values and treats the whole person, however, in some OT orthopaedics classes, the UE is disproportionately stressed to the point that the LE is disregarded. Honestly, these two examples seem to send confusing messages to me... how about to you (and any one else wanting to comment) Ron ~~~~~~ On Thursday, February 28, 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AJ> Ron wrote: AJ> Will you please address WHY you think OT must so often be explained? AJ> And WHAT we can do so explanations will not so frequently required in AJ> the future? AJ> I wish I knew why. Occupational Therapy is pretty straight forward to me - AJ> I think the name says it all. I think that most people confuse the AJ> "occupational" part. The majority of people I have explained my major to AJ> seem to think that occupational therapists are involved in work related AJ> injuries. It has to do with our definition of occupation differing from the AJ> more commonly used one in our society. AJ> I'm not really certain what can be done beyond educating people one person AJ> at a time. Maybe it needs to start with primary care physicians. If they AJ> had a real grasp on what we can do, then more of their patients/clients AJ> would become informed... AJ> Annette AJ> *********��*********** AJ> Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJ> In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist AJ> ** List messages are archived at: AJ> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] AJ> *********��*********** *********��*********** Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist ** List messages are archived at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] *********��***********
