| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 162 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Philosophy and background to occupation focussed practice and occupational perspective / Matthew Molineux & Sue Baptiste -- Models of role emerging placements / Mary Edwards & Miranda Thew -- Successful role emerging placements : it's all in the preparation / Sylvia Roger & Yvonne Thomas -- The student's experience of a role emerging placement / Philippa Gregory, Lydia Quelch & Elisha Watanabe -- Promoting wellbeing in a large organisation : challenges and opportunities / Miranda Thew -- An occupational perspective of a disability-focused employment service / Sally Hall -- Promoting OT in a community health centre / Barry Trentham & Lynn Cockburn -- Occupational therapy : can it make a difference in community cardiac failure? / Emma Brown & Barbara Gurney -- Community development / Deborah Windley -- Policy and government drivers / Lori Letts & Julie Richardson -- The future of the profession / Sue Baptiste & Matthew Molineux |
| Summary |
Role Emerging Occupational Therapy: Maximising Occupation Focused Practice is written for an audience of occupational therapy practitioners, educators and students. This text offers an exploration of emerging innovative directions for the profession of occupational therapy with a focus upon the theory and application of role emerging placements. The book affords the reader an opportunity to explore how occupation focused practice can be applied to a wide variety of settings and circumstances in order to improve the health and well-being of a diverse range of people. Chapters cover relevant theory as well as offering practical guidance with examples drawn from the experiences of university educators, occupational therapists, setting/service providers and students. The book describes, explores and discusses both the potential and ramifications of role emerging practice on the occupational therapy profession and offers a vision for the future of the profession that reflects current occupational, social and health needs |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Occupational therapy -- Administration
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Medical care -- Needs assessment.
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Health promotion.
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Professional Role
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Health Services Needs and Demand
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Health Promotion
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Health promotion.
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Medical care -- Needs assessment.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Thew, Miranda
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| ISBN |
9781444339994 |
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1444339990 |
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1283407205 |
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9781283407205 |
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