Hi All I am a first year mature student at Hallam University and have just finished a placement of 8 weeks in the community on equipment and adaptations. Having read your comments i too think some OT,s are out there just for a pay cheque and most scared of voicing much of an opinion. We talk about looking at the whole person the Holistic view but i find in reality its just a numbers game a one stop wonder shop. Sure we make a difference but we should be able to do more. Communication seams quite lacking between the NHS hospital OT,s and the Social Service OT,s occasionly over laping, but never Holistic. I hope things change in the right direction and as a profession we are able to treat the whole without the constraints and political pratices which are put apon us.
Thanks for reading Hope it makes sence Paul Middleton Sheffield Hallam University >From: JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [OTlist] OT in SNF/Home Health etc >Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:42:05 -0700 > >Thanks Terrianne for your comments and insights! >I agree with your comments, especially about rehab under Med A and the >attitude of many OT staff that come to work for the paycheck. I've been >an OT 18 years and there have been times I have felt a bit bored--I have >always come to the decision that it was something I was or wasn't >doing--and I'd make changes which always bettered the therapy I was >providing. I have noticed an even greater desire to engage in evidence >based practice and really look at what I am doing since going back to >school. Being educated in the early 1980's ( at least at my school) >there wasn't a push per se for research beyond the one class or research >statistics) and the goal was to to become a clinician. Having gone to >conference in the last few years, talking to and becoming a student >again myself, I see the shifts made in education and it is definitely >for the betterment of the profession. I hope to see this translate more >into practice. It is hard for many new therapists to "buck the system" >so to speak especially in rehabs that are so unit/time/PPS oriented. I >applaud those who right out of school have the vision and do it >differently then in the past and beyond what is the status quo. > >I have had clients in the hospital adamantly say NO to OT initially >(but then they continue to want to chat with me). I then learn that >their negative experiences were related to a SNF experience and most >times, using the reciprocal bike (interestingly enough, most of these >people were elderly kyphotic women who really didn't need to posture >themselves in the way a reciprocal bike would -increasing back pain) . >Having by this time developed more of a relationship with them ( people >are drawn to talking to me I have found) I use the opportunity to >explain my "brand" of Occupational Therapy and assure them they will not >be put on a reciprocal bike. > >I have also experienced the client that had no clue they were to receive >OT in home-care--I loved Home Health---I could really engage the client >in real time, real life occuapation. Sometime in the acute hospital it >is more difficult and I work hard with my COTA to keep her from falling >into the doldrums of T band. > >I also believe that OT's as a profession have allowed their services in >rehab to be defined by the payer, not by the scope of practice and the >OT framework. If this continues, OT will not be seen as a vital service >different the PT...... > >Jeanne Marie > >-- >Options? > www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com > >Archive? > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > >************************************************************************************** >Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of Science for OTs >Online. Gain the skills and credentials to propel your career. >www.otdegree.com/otn >************************************************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Get Hotmail, News, Sport and Entertainment from MSN on your mobile. http://www.msn.txt4content.com/ -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ************************************************************************************** Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of Science for OTs Online. Gain the skills and credentials to propel your career. www.otdegree.com/otn **************************************************************************************
