Occupational Therapy Essentials for Clinical Competence - Tapa dura

"This text book is targeted to meet the learning needs of occupational therapy students and occupational therapy assistant students. Yet, this veteran occupational therapist found the book interesting and helpful. I do not believe it will collect dust on my bookshelf. I recommend this textbook be considered for purchase by student and occupational therapy department libraries." -- Sheila Hamilton, Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy "All occupational therapists will welcome Occupational Therapy Essentials for Clinical Competence, a forward-thinking text, and one of a kind in following 2006 ACOTE Accreditation Standards for a Master's Program for the Occupational Therapist, with its unique organizational format of grouping concepts together to reinforce and facilitate learning." -- SirReadaLot.org "This book is different from previous occupational therapy textbooks. This book not only provides a very thorough guide to all aspects of physical occupational therapy practice/service delivery, it also provides an inspiring read as to why occupational therapists participate in areas such as research, management and occupational therapy associations. The book provides a good balance of practical skills (for example, wheelchair transfers) and theoretical approaches, and is underpinned by a very strong sense of occupational therapy philosophy to strengthen clinical reasoning. It is a very modern textbook that brings together many areas of recent research-based knowledge. In summary, this book was an inspiring, thorough and very readable reference book on physical occupational therapy. I wish there was a British version." -- Anna Cawdry, The British Journal of Occupational Therapy "All occupational therapists will welcome "Occupational Therapy Essentials for Clinical Competence", a forward-thinking text, and one of a kind in following 2006 ACOTE Accreditation Standards for a Master's Program for the Occupational Therapist, with its unique organizational format of grouping concepts together to reinforce and facilitate learning." -- SirReadaLot.org

The occupational therapy profession has seen many textbooks on a wide range of topics, but never has a text used the ACOTE Accreditation Standards as a blueprint, incorporating them as a way to intricately outline a plan of action for the current practice of occupational therapy. "Occupational Therapy Essentials for Clinical Competence" begins by linking the ACOTE Accreditation Standards with current practice in chapters for students and educators. With 50 expert contributors, this forward-thinking text sets the stage with two foundational concepts vital to the study of occupation: flow and culture. Led by nationally eknowned authors, Karen Sladyk, Karen Jacobs, and Nancy MacRae, "Occupational Therapy Essentials for Clinical Competence" presents a summary of inter connected constructs that define and direct occupational therapy practice. It covers: basic tenets of occupational therapy; occupational therapy theoretical perspectives; screening, evaluation, and referral; formulation and implementation of an intervention plan; context of service delivery; management of occupational therapy services; professional ethics, values, and responsibilities; and, culture and its role in occupational choice and performance. "Occupational Therapy Essentials for Clinical Competence" also includes student activities at the end of each chapter, as well as on-line material that consists of multiple choice questions, chapter objectives, teacher activities, and PowerPoint slides. It includes: examples as viewed and analyzed from multiple perspectives; evidence-based practice reviews that provide a starting point to have each topic explored in depth; and, evaluation of the mastery of application and self-assessment exercises. It offers integration throughout the text of "Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process, Second Edition". "Occupational Therapy Essentials for Clinical Competence" incorporates adult learning theory as its basis to assist in establishing cognitive interest. All occupational therapists will welcome this unique organizational format of grouping concepts together to reinforce and facilitate learning.