Hello Chuck: Thanks for the links.
I looked at all the sites, good stuff. But here's two problems: 1. In my experience, most OT's that do not practice according to the documents. In my experience, the VAST majority of OT's practice as UE PT's where the PRIMARY focus is on assessment and treatment of lost UE function. 2. The type of therapy described by the documents does not fit well in the medical model of care or the current third party reimbursement system. While I believe AOTA has documents which clearly articulate OT, these documents are NOT being implemented and in some cases can not implemented. This is the problem, we (AOTA) says one thing but for a variety of reasons, practitioners are doing something else. It is my belief that somehow, the gap between what we say we do and what we actually do MUST be closed. Until this happens, OT will continue to remain on back steps of health care. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Willmarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] Army OT/PT Descriptions CW> Ron, CW> Take a look at these two documents: CW> http://www.aota.org/members/area2/docs/scope.pdf CW> http://www.aota.org/members/area2/docs/otsp05.pdf CW> Do you think they help meet this need? CW> There is also some info on the promote OT webpage: CW> http://www.promoteot.org/CG_ConsumersGuide.html CW> http://www.promoteot.org/PG_PromoteOT.html CW> Chuck >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/11/05 1:56 AM >>> CW> Somehow, AOTA and practicing OT's, must develop a model of theory and CW> practice that is specialized, understood by both internal and external CW> audiences, deliverable and practiced. To date, in my opinion this has CW> not happened. -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
