Occupational therapists’ perception of their practice: A phenomenological study

Kinn, Liv Grethe; Wågø, Randi

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1630.2007.00714.x

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“…The OTs wanted to be presented with a problem, not a solution. This frustration has also been found in a study from England were OTs describe other staff's lack of understanding of their role (33) and that efforts to market the OTs' perspective in healthcare seem to be needed to value the OTs' work (34).…”

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confidence: 87%

The consultative work of occupational therapists working in municipal healthcare

Furåker¹,

Nilsson²

2010

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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The work of occupational therapists (OTs) in municipal healthcare has become more consultative in recent years. The aim of this study is to explore the content of the OTs' consultative role in everyday activities in municipal healthcare. The study is based on data consisting of diary notes with additional reflections made by 23 OTs during three days. The data were subjected to content analysis. OTs are contacted via referrals (telephone calls or personal communication) to arrange consultations with patients, relatives, assistant staff, and colleagues. The OTs' consultative work consists of discussion, negotiation, information, or instruction, in relation to the advice and recommendations given. They also provide supervision and support to patients, relatives, and assistant staff. The advice and recommendations are evaluated. Thus, OTs' counselling consists of more than assessments and advice, as it also includes information, instruction, supervision, support, and evaluation. Further investigations are necessary in order to understand the competence that is needed and used in the consultative role of OTs in municipal healthcare. An implication for practice is that the healthcare managers need to support the OTs' possibility to provide supervision and support, especially in relation to assistant staff as they are responsible for everyday rehabilitation.

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confidence: 87%

The consultative work of occupational therapists working in municipal healthcare

Furåker¹,

Nilsson²

2010

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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“…Important and distinct components of the nursing role which have been defined are liaison, patient care coordinator, team member [28], and leader [24]. Kinn and Aas [29] identified a number of components specific to the role of occupational therapists, such as: life coordinator, health agent, case manager, independent living specialist, and work trainer. Administrator was identified an important component of the physiotherapists’ role [30,31].…”

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confidence: 99%

The professional role of massage therapists in patient care in Canadian urban hospitals – a mixed methods study

Kania-Richmond

Reece

Suter

et al. 2015

BMC Complement Altern Med

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BackgroundMassage therapy (MT) is becoming established as a recognized health care profession in Canada. It has been integrated as a core service in settings such as health spas, private integrative health centers, and there is indication that MT is starting to be integrated into hospitals. Research in the area of hospital-based MT has primarily focused on the efficacy, effectiveness, and increasingly, the safety of MT. However, little is known about the professional role of massage therapists in the hospital setting. The purpose of this study was to conduct an in-depth exploration and description of massage therapists’ professional role in patient care in the context of Canadian urban hospitals.MethodsA sequential mixed methods study design was used. For the quantitative phase, a survey was sent to urban hospitals where MT services were organized by hospitals and provided by licensed massage therapists to patients to a) provide a contextual description of the hospitals and b) identify a sampling frame for the qualitative phase. The subsequent qualitative phase entailed semi structured interviews with a purposively diverse sample of participants massage therapists from the surveyed sites to explore their role perceptions. The quantitative and qualitative approaches were integrated during data collection and analysis.ResultsOf the hospitals that responded, sixteen urban hospitals across Canada (5%) provided MT to patients by licensed therapists. The majority of hospitals were located in Ontario and ranged from specialized small community hospitals to large multi-site hospitals. Based on interviews with 25 participants, six components of the massage therapists’ professional role emerged: health care provider, team member, program support, educator, promoter of the profession, and researcher.ConclusionsWhile hospital-based MT in Canada is not a new phenomenon, MT is not yet an established health care profession in such settings. However, there is significant potential for the inclusion of the massage therapists’ role in Canadian hospitals that should be evidence based for effective implementation.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12906-015-0536-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…Professionals use clearly delineated theoretical principles to articulate the rationale behind what they do to help address issues of concern (Kinn & Aas, 2009). For example, examination of psychotherapy literature reveals that therapists using cognitive theoretical principles clearly use guidelines from the Cognitive Therapy or Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy theories (Gosch, FlannerySchroeder, Mauro & Compton, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

Interrater, intra‐rater and internal consistency reliability of the Theory Application Assessment Instrument

Ikiugu

Smallfield

2010

Aus Occup Therapy J

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Occupational therapists’ perception of their practice: A phenomenological study

Cited by 31 publications

References 46 publications

The consultative work of occupational therapists working in municipal healthcare

The consultative work of occupational therapists working in municipal healthcare

The professional role of massage therapists in patient care in Canadian urban hospitals – a mixed methods study

Interrater, intra‐rater and internal consistency reliability of the Theory Application Assessment Instrument

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