Well, I guess it's a lost cause! ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 To: Jenny Daup <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] OT's and Upper Extremity
RC> But why Jenny??? Am I the ONLY OT on the face of the planet who believes RC> that our profession has an "identity crisis"?? RC> ----- Original Message ----- RC> From: Jenny Daup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RC> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 RC> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> RC> Subj: [OTlist] OT's and Upper Extremity ...they JD>> probably aren't thinking as deep as you are about our RC> professional roles. JD> Jenny Daup JD>> -----Original Message----- JD>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf JD>> Of Ron Carson JD>> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 2:43 PM JD>> To: Johnson, Arley JD>> Subject: Re: [OTlist] OT's and Upper Extremity JD>> Hello Arley: JD>> Thanks for replying. JD>> I don't know that I agree with functional activity originating with our JD>> hands, but even if it does, AOTA certainly doesn't "advertise" OT as JD>> being UE/hand oriented. Or does it? JD>> I just don't understand how we can continue saying OT is one thing when JD>> in reality we do something else! Isn't the OT profession shooting itself JD>> in the proverbial foot!!! JD>> Any why can't we explain OT to MD's, other professionals and patients in JD>> a way that is both consistent with practice AND understandable. It's JD>> like we can do one or the other, but we can't do both!! JD>> Ron JD>> -- JD>> "In the United States, occupational therapy is ideally suited to meet JD>> the health needs of people of all ages." [Fred Somers, AJOT, April, JD>> 2005] JD>> "The part of convalescence that I found most profoundly humiliating and JD>> depressing was [OT]... I was reduced to playing with brightly colored JD>> plastic letters ... like a three-year-old..." [AJOT, April, 2005, p. JD>> 231] JD>> ----- Original Message ----- JD>> From: Johnson, Arley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> JD>> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 JD>> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> JD>> Subj: [OTlist] OT's and Upper Extremity JA>>> I think I know why. OT things are functionally based. Most of our JD>> functional daily activity JA>>> originates with the use of our hands. Therefore, basic observation of JD>> our profession and the JA>>> medical model's need to simplify everyone's role for the average Joe JD>> dictates a simplistic and JA>>> narrow explanation of our profession. Is it right? Of course not. But JD>> it gives our profession JA>>> relevance to the outsider who may only get a cursory glance of what we JD>> do and it may draw them JA>>> in for the full experience. JA>>> Let's be honest, OT covers the spectrum of life and it entails a lot of JD>> information. Our JA>>> charge to be the profession that rehabilitates you back into your life JD>> roles is not an easy JA>>> task. Neither is explaining it in a manner that is understood by the JD>> public. JA>>> Arley Johnson MS, OTR/L JD>> -- JD>> Options? JD>> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com JD>> Archive? JD>> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] JD>> **************************************************************************** JD>> ********** JD>> Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of Science for OTs JD>> Online. Gain the skills and credentials to propel your career. JD>> www.otdegree.com/otn JD>> **************************************************************************** JD>> ********** -- 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 **************************************************************************************
