Occupational Therapy Principles in Physical Health

These flashcards summarize key concepts from the lecture on Occupational Therapy principles, focusing on treatment approaches, theoretical frameworks, and essential principles of practice.

Occupational Therapy Practitioners (OTPs)

Professionals who serve individuals, groups, and populations by facilitating engagement in occupational performance.

Practice Settings

Various environments where OTPs address physical dysfunction, ranging from intensive care facilities to home health.

Treatment Continuum

The process that begins with the onset of injury or disability and aims for maximal possible functional return.

Adjunctive Methods

Techniques used to prepare the patient for engagement in activity, often involving exercise and selected PAMs.

Enabling Activities

Patient-involved activities that require coordination of sensory, motor, psychosocial, and cognitive systems.

Purposeful Activities

Core activities in OT practice that are part of daily life routines in natural settings.

Model of Human Occupation (MOHO)

A holistic model centered on intrinsic human motivation to explore and master the environment.

Volition

The subsystem of MOHO that includes personal causation, values, and interests motivating engagement in occupation.

Habituation

The subsystem of MOHO related to habits and internalized roles crucial for occupational performance.

Performance Capacity

The ability to participate in activities, incorporating subjective experiences and beliefs about capabilities.

Biomchanical Approach

An approach viewing the human body as a living machine, focusing on motion dynamics and physical mechanics.

Kinetics

The study of forces acting on moving objects in biomechanics.

Statics

The study of forces acting on objects at rest in biomechanics.

Sensorimotor Approach

A treatment method for individuals with CNS dysfunction that utilizes neurophysiological mechanisms.

Motor Learning Approach

An approach that aims to normalize muscle tone and elicit appropriate motor responses in patients.

Rehabilitation Approach

An approach designed to help individuals live independently despite residual disabilities.

Evidence-Based Practice

The practice of making clinical decisions based on the best available research evidence.

Client-Centered Care

An approach that requires collaboration with clients to establish meaningful goals using occupation-based interventions.

Therapeutic Use of Self

A strategy involving the practitioner’s personal engagement and communication skills to foster client-centered care.

Active Listening

A communication technique where the listener fully concentrates, understands, responds, and remembers what is said.

Agility in Care

The ability to adapt and make appropriate decisions in managing client goals and interventions.

Empathy

The ability to understand and share the feelings of another, essential in client-provider interactions.

Professional Reasoning

A complex metacognitive process used by OTPs to plan, direct, perform, and reflect on client care.

Clinical Reasoning

The process facilitating client understanding during intervention, leading to hope and meaning.

Ethical Reasoning

Evaluating whether choices made during the OT process are morally justified.

Pragmatic Reasoning

Considering the context of practice settings, resources, and service delivery realities.

Interactive Reasoning

The collaborative communication process that builds trust between OTPs and clients.

Conditional Reasoning

The integration of all professional reasoning forms to adapt interventions contextually.

Occupational Performance

The ability to execute daily living activities, crucial for identity and autonomy.

Shared Decision-Making

A collaborative approach that involves clients and caregivers in setting the goals of therapy.

Therapeutic Activities

Activities chosen based on their relevance, authenticity, and meaningfulness to the individual.

Locus of Control

The degree to which individuals believe they can control events affecting them; important for motivation.

Collaboration in Treatment

Working together with clients to develop treatment strategies that are meaningful and effective.

Role Transitions

Changes in the roles individuals occupy in life, which can be impacted by disability.

Complex Interference

The interactions between different systems affecting one another in occupational context.