Working Conditions of Occupational Therapists in Jordan

Tariah, Hashem Abu; Abu-Dahab, Sana M. N.; Hamed, Razan; AlHeresh, Rawan; Yousef, Huda

doi:10.1002/oti.319

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“…In Jordan and the Levant area, there is a dearth of standardized assessment tools that are culturally valid and can be used for clinical and research purposes with the Jordanian population, in part due to the fact that OT profession in Jordan is still young (Abu‐Tariah et al . ). The limited number of assessment tools has a major effect on evaluation, intervention planning and intervention among Jordanian occupational therapists, and is a major professional concern (Abu‐Tariah et al .…”

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Development of the Arabic Version of the Preschool Activity Card Sort (A‐PACS)

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Development of the Arabic Version of the Preschool Activity Card Sort (A‐PACS)

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“…The results of our study revealed that current practising occupational therapists in Beijing are relatively young and less experienced as compared with therapists from countries with more established OT professions, for example the United States, Sweden and Singapore (Yang et al, 2006;Karlsson and Tornquist, 2007;AOTA, 2010). More than half of the participants in this study were younger than 30 and had less than 5 years of (Tariah et al, 2011a;Chen et al, 2012). It is hoped that this phenomenon will improve with time.…”

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“…More than half of the participants in this study were younger than 30 and had less than 5 years of experience working as an occupational therapist. Countries with newly developed OT professions, such as Jordan and Malaysia, reported similar phenomena (Tariah et al ., ; Chen et al ., ). It is hoped that this phenomenon will improve with time.…”

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“…Results showed that only 50% of the surveyed participants earned a bachelor's degree or higher in OT. This educational qualification appeared to be less optimal as compared with the other countries that also have newly developed OT programmes, such as Jordan (Tariah et al ., ). According to the report of Tariah et al ., 99% of therapists in Jordan possessed entry‐level OT bachelor's degrees.…”

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A Survey of Occupational Therapy Practice in Beijing, China

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Howe

2016

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There is an increasing demand for rehabilitation services in China as a result of the growing number of people with physical and mental challenges, as well as the growing population of older adults. The purpose of this study was to explore the current occupational therapy (OT) resources available in Beijing, China, to serve as the first step in planning the response to increasing demand for OT services from the people of China. Specifically, using the snowball sampling survey method, we explored the work practice, including years of working experience, work setting, weekly work hours, annual income and factors related to job satisfaction among occupational therapists in Beijing, China. A total of 44 occupational therapists currently working in the Beijing area responded to our survey. The results demonstrated that most of the therapists working in Beijing area were young and inexperienced. Despite the fact that the participants had an average age of 31 years old and an average of 8 years' working experience, 61.4% of therapists were under 30 years old and more than half of therapists had less than 5 years of OT experiences. Among those included in the study sample, 50% had earned degrees in OT, and the rest of the OT personnel received OT-related on-the-job training in various forms and lengths of time. A majority of the participants worked in hospital settings with adults or children with physical disabilities and used therapeutic activities and therapeutic exercises. Being an occupational therapist is not a high-paying job. Education satisfaction, work experience and annual income are the factors related to job satisfaction for the participants. The majority of occupational therapists expressed the need to receive more support for clinical-related trainings. We plan to expand this pilot study nationwide to gain an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of the OT workforce in China. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…This non-evidence strategy to address shortage of health professionals for rehabilitative services, aggravates a medical governance system that stifles further development of the profession. In short, occupational therapists in developed countries have enjoyed significant advancement, job autonomy and job recognition [25], but not those from developing countries [26,27].…”

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Occupational Therapy Profession for Women Health–Challenges for its Under Developed Services

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Background Occupational therapy has a pivotal role in the organization of health care, and improves health and quality of life by facilitating participation in meaningful occupations [1, 2, 8, 9]. The steep rise in non-communicable chronic health conditions and the aging population (which are typically not curable through traditional medical approaches), have resulted in significant limitations in daily participations [5]. This calls for the involvement of the currently, underdeveloped and also underutilised occupational therapy services [6]. Occupational therapists use activities to impact patients' physical, sensory, cognitive, psychosocial, and emotional health, through patient self-management, joint-protection, splint-fabrication, adaptive-technology, wheelchair-modification, mindfulness, lifestyle activities and environmentalmodification are fundamental to patient population [7-9]. The growth of the health profession contributes to better, newer services and more expanded rolesincluding women's healthcare. A basic element driving its profession to advance in its deliveries, is 'job-autonomy'-a concept closely related to workers' motivation, satisfaction and well-being [10], which can translate to better performance and subsequently, effective care for patients [11]. Professional autonomy or, the right to use discretion and judgment within the scope of practice of a profession, or an individual's freedom to exercise professional judgment in practice activities [12, 13] has been observed as one of the numerous key challenges faced by occupational therapists in an entrenched medical model across Asia. Although some physicians justified 'job-autonomy' as fundamentally essential for good patient care and embedded it in the national governance ■CASE REPORTS

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Working Conditions of Occupational Therapists in Jordan

Cited by 13 publications

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Development of the Arabic Version of the Preschool Activity Card Sort (A‐PACS)

Development of the Arabic Version of the Preschool Activity Card Sort (A‐PACS)

A Survey of Occupational Therapy Practice in Beijing, China

Occupational Therapy Profession for Women Health–Challenges for its Under Developed Services

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