The two courses I have chosen are: Occupational Therapy and Computational Mathematics. I have chosen Occupational Therapy as will give the opportunity to learn within a small cohort which means there will be more support from my professors. It will also help me gain skills in problem solving and analysis‚ help me develop skills in teamwork and help me recognize the expanding types of work for occupational therapists. Also‚ I am interested in Occupational Therapy simply because I would love to make
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The focus of the Action Learning Set will be to explore the interface between communication‚ relationships and workplace issues‚ and will provide you with the opportunity to gain some different perspectives on the challenges you face in terms of your relationships with stakeholders (Learning Outcome 2). In preparation for this you will need to undertake Activity 3.2 in which you: • Identify a workplace issue which you wish to explore in detail with your cohort colleagues. (This might be a topic
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Occupational therapist plays a major role in the NICU by addressing many needs that are important for a premature infant to successfully develop (Nightlinger‚ 2011). They promote a balance between infant’s competence and their physical and social environment to promote development (Nightlinger‚ 2011). Limited range of motion‚ high or low muscle tone‚ extreme irritability‚ poor feeding‚ or developmental delays are areas occupational therapist target (Hunter‚ 2010). Occupational therapist has specialized
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Clinical Experience Reflection Journal Name: Date: Week 1. Choose one patient (new mother‚ newborn‚ or pregnant/laboring woman) and identify the priority problem. What did you contribute toward resolving or easing the problem? N/A for this week 2. Provide an example of an incident during clinical that reinforced the theory you have learned in OB lectures. An incident that reinforced what I have learned in lecture was the postpartum hemorrhage simulation. I learned how chaotic
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Occupational Therapy is a certain therapy that helps get people back to their everyday lives. A lot of people could benefit from this practice. This occupation is good for individuals that love to take care of others. Very creative people would love this job. Occupational therapy involves working with people that have different disabilities‚ ages‚ and developmental stages. Occupational Therapy began in the 1700’s during the age of enlightenment. In 1793 Phillipe Pinel a French physician. Had the
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Action Learning is essentially a theory of learning through experience‚ primarily for work-based problems and is underpinned by a belief that the potential of individuals harnessed in a group dynamic can create knowledge‚ solutions and change (Weisnstein‚ 1999). This means working and learning simultaneously‚ or learning from what we do. While the experience may suggest this self evident in all that we do‚ Action Learning is defined through a cyclical process of experiencing‚ reviewing‚ concluding
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Action Plans: Enhancing Training Development for Employees Abstract This research paper analyzes and summarizes three published articles and a textbook that provides information on the results from a previous research conducted. The previous conducted research analyzed and summarized the use of action plans that employers and employee structure to develop and enhance training methods to improve job performances. The three articles vary in the definitions of an action plan‚ the
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"He was only 6‚ yet intuitively knew that people with disabilities could still lead productive lives‚" said his wife‚ Renee Taylor‚ also an occupational therapy professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Kielhofner‚ 61‚ of Lake Geneva‚ Wis.‚ the former head of the occupational therapy department at UIC‚ died Thursday‚ Sept. 2‚ at Mercy Hospital in Chicago‚ after a short battle with cancer. In the 1970s‚ before completing a doctorate in public health at UCLA’s neuropsychiatric institute
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Observing Occupational Therapists at Brookville Center for Children’s Services and Belair Nursing Home have helped me gather the insight of what it takes to be an occupational therapist and how much their work can improve a person’s life. I had the opportunity to witness first-hand the positive affect occupational therapists had on people of all ages who have been physically and mentally impaired by a health issue‚ by helping them slowly but efficiently regain control of their life. Occupational therapy
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Occupational Therapy & People with Intellectual Disability from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds Individual values are important in healthcare and it is important for providers to understand the concept of cultural competence to provide cross-cultural therapy for all clients. Francisco and Carlson (2002) pioneered a qualitative research study to determine how cultural differences and language barriers affect the quality of care within the realm of occupational therapy (OT). This study used the findings
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