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Ot5101 week1

This document outlines the topics that will be covered in the first two chapters of a course on community-based occupational therapy practice. Chapter 1 will discuss the history and roles of OT in community-based practice as well as characteristics of effective community-based OTs. It will also cover paradigm shifts in OT. Chapter 2 will address concepts in community and public health, determinants of health, and strategies for prevention. It will discuss OT's contributions to Healthy People 2020 and its role in health promotion. The schedule includes lectures, small group work, and a guest speaker.

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Sheryl Ryan, PhD, OTR/L
Week 1
Chapter 1  Describe the history of community based practice in OT  Describe the roles of OT in CBP  Describe characteristics of effective CBP OTs  Describe the history of paradigm shifts in OT  Identify key characteristics of a community practice paradigm for OT Chapter 2  Describe the basic constructs associated with community and public health, prevention, and health promotion  Identify the determinants of health in a community  Discuss strategies for primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention  Describe the contributions OT can make to Healthy People 2020  Discuss OT’s role in the context of health promotion, community, and public health
Work on course vocabulary in small groups Guest Speaker from IF or LC Review Syllabus and Expectations Lecture Healthy People 2020 Activity Journal Search
Chapter 1  Community based practice  Community centered initiative/intervention  Community health promotion  Community level intervention  Dynamical systems approach  Ecological approach  Paradigm shift  Strengths-based occupational therapy Chapter 2  Community health  Public health  Community health interventions  Determinants of health  Health promotion  Health disparities  Incidence vs prevalence  Epidemiology  Preventive occupation  Primary prevention  Secondary prevention  Tertiary prevention
IF or Life College
Economical  Health care costs have risen sharply  Private insurance has high costs  Community Based Practice can lower costs  Vaccination clinics  Screening for disease  Education  Health programs  Wellness and prevention Philosophical  People with disabilities would be best served in their natural environment within their community. (Scaffa, 2001).  Includes  Families  Cultural values  Community resources  Positivity
 The AOTA Centennial Vision  “We envision that OT is a powerful, widely recognized, science-driven, and evidence-based profession with a globally connected and diverse workforce meeting society’s occupational needs.”  (Baum, 2006, p.610)  OT started in 1917 in Community Mental Health  Eleanor Clarke Slagle established the work program at Hull House in Chicago  “To provide persons with mental or physical disabilities an opportunity to work and become self-sufficient.” (p.2)
Roles  Community health advocate  Consultant  Case manager  Private practice owner/entrepreneur  Supervisor  Program manager Characteristics  Characteristics  Positive, creative, and independent  Ethical and critical reasoning  Interpersonal skills  Comfortable with indirect practice  Skill sets  Grant writing  Networking and organization  Program planning and evaluation
Client-centered Occupation-based Supported with evidence Based on dynamic systems theory Ecologically sound Strengths-based “It is time to start living out of our imagination, not out of our memory alone” (Dasler 1984).
List of OT related journals Find a peer-reviewed article that relates to community- based practice in occupational therapy and complete one entry in the “Literature Review” database in Edverum.
 Basic Constructs  Promoting Health and Preventing Disease  Improving Medical Care  Promoting Health-Enhancing Behaviors  Controlling the Environment  Determinants of Health  Policy Making  Social Factors  Health Services  Individual Behaviors  Biology and Genetics “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.” -attributed to Hippocrates
Primary Secondary Tertiary Focuses on healthy people who could be at risk for a potential health problem Focuses on detecting and treating disease in early stages, either pre-clinical or clinical. Focuses on limiting disability or complications from existing disease or disability.
Small Group Activity
 Meyer, Susan K. (2010). Community Practice in Occupational Therapy: A Guide to Serving the Community. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.  Scaffa, Marjorie E, and Reitz, S. Maggie. (2014). Occupational Therapy in Community-Based Practice Settings, 2nd Edition. Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company.