Occupational Therapy Services in Facilitating Work Performance

Larson, Barbara A.; Ellexson, Melanie T.

doi:10.5014/ajot.59.6.676

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“…Furthermore, occupational therapists should be able to provide appropriate recommendations, perform job analyses, develop return-to-work intervention plans, ensure follow up to establish successful return to work and have good clinical reasoning. An extension of these roles include involvement in health and injury promotion and prevention by providing education on ergonomics and pain management; advice on changes to the work environment and work duties; work hardening and conditioning programmes; and working within a multidisciplinary team to achieve return to work goals for the employee 7 .…”

Section: Literature Review Occupational Therapy and Vocational Rehabimentioning

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Medical Incapacity Management in the South African Private Industrial Sector: The role of the occupational therapist

Govender

Mpanza³

2019

S. Afr. j. occup. ther.

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order to uphold the conditions of ethical clearance and gatekeeper permissions for this study, employment details are withheld as per conditions agreed upon prior to commencement of this study. Background: Occupational therapists working in the field of occupational health in South African private industrial sectors may find themselves involved in management of medical incapacity due to their expertise in vocational rehabilitation. Aim: In this study, the authors explored how South African Acts guide the role and scope of occupational therapists in medical incapacity management, in addition to determining the scope, role and value of occupational therapy in medical incapacity management from the perspectives of occupational therapists currently working in the field. Method: An exploratory qualitative design with use of two concurrent methods of data collection (document analysis and semi structured interviews) was undertaken. Data were analysed thematically, via deductive reasoning, and pooled to provide a picture of how occupational therapists can function within medical incapacity management. Results and Discussion: Six themes emerged from the data. Occupational therapists' role and scope within legislature appears to lack detail with a disjuncture between legislation that guides medical incapacity management and current practice of occupational therapists. Notwithstanding this, the findings of this study show that occupational therapists play a critical role within management of medical incapacity.

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Section: Literature Review Occupational Therapy and Vocational Rehabimentioning

confidence: 99%

Medical Incapacity Management in the South African Private Industrial Sector: The role of the occupational therapist

Govender

Mpanza³

2019

S. Afr. j. occup. ther.

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Occupational Rehabilitation: The Principles and Practice of Work and Ergonomics

Larson

Ellexson

2009

International Handbook of Occupational Therapy Interventions

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Response to an Article on the Status of Transition-Age Youths with Visual Impairments

Rice

2010

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness

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As an occupational therapist who works primarily with youths with special needs who are making the transition from secondary school to employment or postsecondary education, the subjects of transition planning and postgraduation employment are of particular importance to me. An article published in the May 2010 issue of the Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB), entitled "The Employment and Postsecondary Educational Status of Transition-Age Youths with Visual Impairments," by Mc-Donnall, highlighted the difficulty students with special needs face in obtaining and maintaining meaningful employment.

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Occupational Therapy Services in Facilitating Work Performance

Cited by 4 publications

References 13 publications

Medical Incapacity Management in the South African Private Industrial Sector: The role of the occupational therapist

Medical Incapacity Management in the South African Private Industrial Sector: The role of the occupational therapist

Occupational Rehabilitation: The Principles and Practice of Work and Ergonomics

Response to an Article on the Status of Transition-Age Youths with Visual Impairments

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