Interestingly, a patient recently called me a rehab therapist. David, are you suggesting that OT and PT would be replaced by this new discipline? Or do you see it as an addition to what we already have?
Ron ~~~ Ron Carson MHS, OT www.OTnow.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Lehman, David <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] As if things aren't confusing enough... LD> I have been mentioning now for 5 years that the day will come when LD> there is a rehab specialist encompassing OT and PT. LD> David A. Lehman, PhD, PT LD> Associate Professor LD> Tennessee State University LD> Department of Physical Therapy LD> 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd. LD> Nashville, TN 37209 LD> 615-963-5946 LD> [email protected] LD> Visit my website: http://www.tnstate.edu/interior.asp?mid=2410&ptid=1 LD> This email and any files transmitted with it may contain LD> confidential information and is intended solely for use by the LD> individual to whom it is addressed. If you receive this LD> correspondence in error, please notify the sender and delete the LD> email from your system. Do not disclose its contents with others. LD> ________________________________________ LD> From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf LD> Of Ron Carson [[email protected]] LD> Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 1:05 PM LD> To: [email protected] LD> Subject: [OTlist] As if things aren't confusing enough... LD> In the March 09 Advance for Rehab Directors, I stumbled upon a new term, LD> at least new to me. The term is "occupational rehabilitation". The term LD> is associated with a PT owned practice focused on back to work issues. LD> Physical therapists doing occupational rehabilitation -- how much more LD> confusing can it get? <smile> LD> Ron LD> -- LD> Options? LD> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com LD> Archive? LD> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] LD> -- LD> Options? LD> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com LD> Archive? LD> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
