What causes occupational therapy faculty to be satisfied with their teaching roles? A survey of 538 occupational therapy faculty was conducted with questions that identified demographic information and inquired about specific satisfying and dissatisfying items. Responses indicated no strong correlations between demographic information and satisfaction items but did offer some implications that ...

The need for high-quality evidence to support practice is an ongoing issue in occupational therapy. As a consequence, growing numbers of occupational therapists are engaged in both clinical practice and research activities. Therapists who find themselves in these dual roles are sometimes faced with ethical conflicts when the responsibilities of being a researcher appear, on the surface, to dive...

A broad definition of community practice has implications for how occupational therapy services are defined, delivered, and funded. The historical foundations of occupational therapy support an expansion into health promotion and prevention programming that is based in the community. Moving into these roles opens up an array of funding possibilities. It may also require developing new partnersh...

Nurses make a bureaucracy work on behalf of clients. Occupational health nurses who are already versed in basic concepts applicable to EEOICPA--confidence intervals, occupational histories, exposure assessment, and dose response--can play constructive, caring roles in assisting claimants in securing benefits under this landmark program. Occupational health nurses know that chronically ill emplo...

Dr. Lori Reynolds has an interest in therapeutic gardens and the creation of living spaces that promote wellbeing for older adults. Dr. Reynolds educates various stakeholders on the benefits of occupational therapy, including landscape architects and senior living administrators. Her advocacy to expand occupational therapy beyond its mainstream roles is infectious. She speaks passionately about...

Purpose: Describe and document occupational therapy intervention for patient’s chronic disease and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Theory: Literature shows that patients with COPD, like other patients suffering from chronic diseases, adjust their lives to their level of energy and capability. They avoid activities and they lose roles and this leads to an everyday life feeling inac...

This study explored the inter-relationships among state and trait anxiety, occupational stress, perfectionism, aspiration, and music performance anxiety in a group of elite operatic chorus artists employed full-time by a national opera company. The chorus artists reported higher trait anxiety, higher occupational role concerns, and higher occupational personal strain than normative samples. Hig...

O ccupational therapy is realizing some of its professional potential in generating new knowledge. Many occupational therapists are pursuing graduate degrees, including the scholar's criterion, the doctor of philosophy (American Occupational Therary Association [AOTAj, 1989). The American Journal of Occupational Therapy is publishing more research parers, and the Occupational Therapy Journal of...

background: this study explores the level of occupational stress and main sources of occupational and personal stress among rural health workers (rhw) of the health network of mashhad district. method: the first part of the occupational stress inventory (osi) (called the occupational roles questionnaire (orq)) was used to measure the rural health workers occupational stress (n=172). a number of...

An important challenge to occupational health services in Japan is the necessary shift from regulation-based occupational health program to health risk-based program. The Occupational Safety and Health Management System (OSHMS) is an effective tool for introducing risk-based activities. To date, the Five Management system has been used to manage occupational health activities. This classificati...