Hi Ron:
Just out of curiousity, I checked the Walter Reed Medical Center website
http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/departments/Ortho/PhysMed/otscope.htm. The
OT scope explained there is a little more comprehensive. I also checked the
PT scope at
http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/departments/Ortho/PhysMed/ptscope.htm and
found the scopes to have a lot of areas overlapping. In the military, my
guess is that the model is very transdisciplinary. I believe the student
appointment is an internship (level II fieldwork) affiliation since there
are no OT academic programs in the Army, although as you mentioned, they do
have a DPT program at the US Army- Baylor University
(http://www.amsc.amedd.army.mil/training.asp). The army does train its own
OTAs. More on the OT internship program
http://www.amsc.amedd.army.mil/Doc/otintership.pdf. Do we have any army OTs
on the board ? It would be nice to hear about their army expeeiences.
Other Army sites:
http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/departments/Ortho/index.htm
http://www.amsc.amedd.army.mil/about.asp
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Carson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 5:21 PM
Subject: [OTlist] Army OT/PT Descriptions
Hello:
I received an Army Medical Specialist brochure the other day. The
brochure describes several professions, including OT, PT and RD. I want
to share a few excerpts from the brochure regarding OT and PT.
Here are some statements about OT:
1. "The Team Approach to Treatment"
2. "On a typical day, your first patient might require an upper
extremity musculoskeletal evaluation..."
3. "To assure the best overall care, Army [OT's] work closely with
physicians, psychiatrists, physical therapists..."
4. "It is Army [OT's] who staff the many seminars, classes and advanced
study programs which can expedite your entry into the [AOTA] and earn you
full recognition as a professional."
NOTE: Of the brochure shows OT's working with UE's.
STUDENT APPOINTMENTS:
"This program is conducted for nine months at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center..."
==========
Now, let contrast this with some excerpts from the PT section:
1. "Keeping The Soldiers Fit"
2. "The primary responsibility will be the [rehab] of your patients. But
your role in that process is more critical than you might expect."
3. "You might begin by performing musculoskeletal screening on new
patients... You'll either refer them to a physician or prescribe and
implement a ...program of [PT]."
4. "The expertise of Army [PT's] is extremely valuable in working with
physicians..."
STUDENT APPOINTMENTS:
"You'll receive a [DPT] from Baylor University..." "This fully paid
27-month course..."
*****
Reading the brochure has me thinking. Exactly what is OT's expertise?
Not what we think it is but what do other professions see as our
expertise?
Ron
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