I believe standing is functional...but I am trying to understand how we differ from PT. Pt has already merged with OT in regards to "self-care". I find this all very confusig as a student. Our teacher seems to think clothpins and cones are usually not functional. She would rather us mimic the activity doing something more meaningful to the pt. What? That is the hard part for me. I often wonder how the idealism of our program matches the real world OT experience. I will find out soon.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 18:28 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OTlist] AARGH! It is funny in what we consider functional and not functional.? How can standing not be functional but doing a bunch of crafts, reaching for clothes pins and cones is considered functional?? Ninety percent of the clients I see do not like crafts and have no intention of starting crafts, so why is so much time devoted in school?in this?area?? We need?to focus on concrete functional?evaluations and treatments in?schools.?Seventy percent of the clients I see do not have arm dysfunction but I still see therapists whip out the theraband.?? We just need to find?what are the patient's priorities for rehab, the impairments, and the environmental barriers that will prevent progress. ?Most people in acute rehab just want to make it back home, so why not focus on all of the?activities that they have to complete safely to make that a reality?? You have to think beyond just simple bathing and dressing though!? I can certainly understand when a patient is very low level in their abilities a! nd they have to start at the bottom of the ladder, but there comes a point when you have to prepare them for home.? It is so simple and rewarding to take this aproach in occupational therapy. Chris Nahrwold MS, OTR St. John's Hospital of ?Anderson Indiana -----Original Message----- From: Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Diane Randall <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:27 pm Subject: Re: [OTlist] AARGH! Thanks to some comments I've read on this list, I've stopped being concerned if what I'm doing "LOOKS" like PT. I sort of laugh at this statement because on Friday a patient asked me: "Now, are you the PT or the OT". Ron -- Ron Carson MHS, OT ----- Original Message ----- From: Diane Randall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] AARGH! DR> I always like to read your take on things. I agree with you. I just had in DR> the back of my mind a COTA I was following who made a woman stand for the DR> sake of standing but did not combine it with anything functional. As a DR> student, this confused me. It looked more like PT. Thanks for your comments. -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
