Hi Ron:
OTAs can enlist in the army. Additionally, the army does train its own OTAs
as well. http://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/dms/otbranch/default.htm. They are
usually called OT specialists in the army. I agree that our product is
diverse and thus, the scope is wide. I am convinced that if we all accept
that with different settings our practice mode may differ (i.e. one aspect
of the domain may take precedence over the other, e.g. a hand clinic versus
a shelter-home versus an acute care hospital) although not deviating from
our core principles that thread us together, we will still be able to
package our product. Our profession may be fluid but we can give it the
shape of a container. Barring just a few inconsistencies, I felt the AOTA
framework is a commendable tool to introspect our own practice similarities
and differences (explain what we do internally), find that 'thread' that
binds the OT community together and then externalize it as an easily
identifiable product (1). I hope that this could be a part of the OT
curriculum as well, so that all new grads can identify with a common
practice framework versus what one school wanted to follow over the other. I
believe it is now is a part of the ACOTE standards.
Other links:
http://www.goarmy.com/amedd/army_health_care_corps.jsp- Recruiting as an OT
http://usmilitary.about.com/library/milinfo/navynec/blhm8467.htm Recruiting
as an OTA
1. AOTA (2002). Occupational therapy practice framework: Domain and
processs. American Jouranal Occupational Therapy. 56, 609-639.
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Carson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Joe Wells" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 1:56 AM
Subject: Re[2]: [OTlist] Army OT/PT Descriptions
Hello Joe:
Good idea to do further investigating and great links, thanks!
The Army brochure that I used for my quoted does contain comprehensive
info about OT. Perhaps I should have included some quotes relating to
group therapy, alcohol rehab, etc.
Maybe I missed it, but I haven't read anything about the Army using
OTA's. I am interested to hear if they in fact, they do.
One of the reasons I posted my original message is because of the recent
discussions about marketing "out product". I am convinced that our
product is too diverse, inconsistent and misunderstood to market. Until,
the profession of OT's internal structure is more clearly defined, I
think that marketing is not a good use of resources.
Somehow, AOTA and practicing OT's, must develop a model of theory and
practice that is specialized, understood by both internal and external
audiences, deliverable and practiced. To date, in my opinion this has
not happened.
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subj: [OTlist] Army OT/PT Descriptions
JW> Hi Ron:
JW> Just out of curiousity, I checked the Walter Reed Medical Center
website
JW> http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/departments/Ortho/PhysMed/otscope.htm.
The
JW> OT scope explained there is a little more comprehensive. I also
checked the
JW> PT scope at
JW> http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/departments/Ortho/PhysMed/ptscope.htm
and
JW> found the scopes to have a lot of areas overlapping. In the military,
my
JW> guess is that the model is very transdisciplinary. I believe the
student
JW> appointment is an internship (level II fieldwork) affiliation since
there
JW> are no OT academic programs in the Army, although as you mentioned,
they do
JW> have a DPT program at the US Army- Baylor University
JW> (http://www.amsc.amedd.army.mil/training.asp). The army does train
its own
JW> OTAs. More on the OT internship program
JW> http://www.amsc.amedd.army.mil/Doc/otintership.pdf. Do we have any
army OTs
JW> on the board ? It would be nice to hear about their army expeeiences.
JW> Other Army sites:
JW> http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/departments/Ortho/index.htm
JW> http://www.amsc.amedd.army.mil/about.asp
JW> Joe
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