The Occupational Therapist's Workbook for Ensuring Clinical Competence

ISBN-13: 9781630910495 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 440 str.

Debbie Amini

Opis

The Occupational Therapist's Workbook for Ensuring Clinical Competence is designed to help occupational therapy students and new practitioners demonstrate the practical problem-solving and real-life clinical reasoning skills essential for fieldwork and clinical practice. This user-friendly resource helps the reader apply occupational therapy concepts, improve narrative and pragmatic reasoning skills, and measure attainment of knowledge and skills needed for successful transition to fieldwork and entry-level practice.

Inside The Occupational Therapist's Workbook for Ensuring Clinical Competence, a wide variety of client conditions, situations, and intervention options are presented for different practice areas. Knowledge and skills are assessed for fundamental aspects of occupational therapy such as: professionalism, ethical decision-making, evidence-based practice, evaluation and intervention planning, occupation-based interventions, effective communication, supervision, role delineation, activity analysis, cultural competence, interprofessional collaboration, group process, emerging practice areas, department management, safety, documentation, billing and reimbursement, and more.

Marie Morreale and Debbie Amini have incorporated numerous worksheets, learning activities, and worksheet answers in an easy-to-read format. The variety of assessment methods and learning activities used throughout the text stem from the authors' combined decades of teaching experience and include: case studies; vignettes; multiple choice, matching and true/false questions; fill in the blanks; experiential activities and more. Topics are broken down into smaller units and explained step-by-step to allow for easy independent study.Thoroughly explained answers are provided so that readers can check their responses with suggested best practice.These worksheets and learning activities are also useful as role-playing exercises, studying in small groups, and can aid in preparing for fieldwork or the national certification exam.

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The Occupational Therapist's Workbook for Ensuring Clinical Competence is the go-to text for occupational therapy students and faculty, as well as new occupational therapy practitioners who require the practical problem-solving skills and the clinical decision-making skills essential for fieldwork and clinical practice.

Spis treści

Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
 
Chapter 1             Communicating Effectively
Chapter 2             Demonstrating Professionalism
Chapter 3             Understanding Professional Roles and Responsibilities
Chapter 4             Applying Fundamental Principles
Chapter 5             Incorporating Activities and Occupations
Chapter 6             Implementing Preparatory Interventions
Chapter 7             Evaluating Client Function
Chapter 8             Applying Knowledge and Skills in Group Leadership and Mental Health Practice
Chapter 9             Demonstrating Knowledge and Skills in Adult Rehabilitation and Geriatrics
Chapter 10           Implementing Pediatric Assessments and Interventions
Chapter 11           Demonstrating Managerial Skills
 
Index