The article explores the interplay between transnational migration, cultural patrimony and political conflict, tying together former realms of Russian Ottoman Empires. It discusses role played by Jews in development Zionist-Arab conflict Palestine until 1948. focuses on Northern Sharon, where three distinct immigrant groups – Circassians, Bosnians settled 1870s–1890s. Methodologically, it adopt...

Lack of substantial occupational therapy research is a recognized and persistent problem; which is often discussed throughout the literature but not truly addressed. Action must be taken to involve clinicians in the effort to substantiate the efficacy of treatments through outcome studies. We offered several proactive recommendations that could be implemented on a national level to encourage he...

On June 13, 2021, the United Arab List, representing Southern Branch of Islamic Movement in Israel (SIM), became first independent party to join a Zionist governmental coalition. The article analyzes why move hardly stirred opposition within leadership and popular base movement rooted Muslim Brothers. It demonstrates that SIM’s coalition-oriented agenda responded firm consistent demand for grea...

AIM Clinical supervisors are appointed to ensure that medical trainees receive a satisfactory education, improve their academic orientation and develop professional attitudes. The aim of this study was to find out, from the paediatric trainee's perspective, how their clinical supervisor could best do that. METHODS We conducted in-depth interviews with seven paediatric trainees in a university...

PURPOSE To provide a model for assessing occupational therapy workforce needs by using a demand-based approach to determine current workforce status in the Northwest region. Regional information may have implications for addressing national occupational therapy service needs. METHOD A questionnaire was sent to a proportional random sample of 234 facilities that hire occupational therapy pract...

Health reform promotes the delivery of patient-centered care. Occupational therapy's rich history of client-centered theory and practice provides an opportunity for the profession to participate in the evolving discussion about how best to provide care that is truly patient centered. However, the growing emphasis on patient-centered care also poses challenges to occupational therapy's perspecti...

OBJECTIVE In addition to the need for good measurement tools in occupational therapy, there is a need for the tools to be used knowledgeably. The purpose of this article is to investigate the usefulness of the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP) for both descriptive (diagnostic) and evaluative (change over time) purposes. METHOD The typical profile of subtest scores for chil...