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Therapeutic Agent – Have You Got It ?

Therapeutic Agent – Have You Got It ?. By Anna Nicholls Occupational Therapist / Ergonomist. Introduction. Practice Scholars Network. By Dunton 1919. Occupation is as necessary to life as food and drink. Every human being should have both physical and mental occupation

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Therapeutic Agent – Have You Got It ?

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  1. Therapeutic Agent – Have You Got It ?

    By Anna Nicholls Occupational Therapist / Ergonomist
  2. Introduction
  3. Practice Scholars Network
  4. By Dunton 1919 Occupation is as necessary to life as food and drink. Every human being should have both physical and mental occupation All should have occupations which they enjoy, or hobbies Sick minds, sick bodies and sick souls may be healed through occupation
  5. Foundation of Occupational Therapy Foundations of Occupational Therapy – “Human is an occupational being for whom occupation is a basic need” Extending this, anything reducing a humans ability to engage in occupation has the potential to negatively affect the health and well being of the individual even to generate pathology
  6. Core of the Model Knowing What Knowing How Therapeutic Agent
  7. Knowing What ? Foundation Sciences Anatomy Physiology Social Theories Occupational therapy theories Systems Legal requirements Research
  8. Knowing How ? How to do a shower assessment How to do a home visit How to do a FCA How do you measure a patient for a wheelchair How to teach manual handling skills How to do a worksite assessment
  9. Therapeutic Agent Clinical and professional reasoning for each situation Targeted and individual problem solving More effective personal skills and competencies Useful professional power for individuals advocate for people, for systems to change
  10. Therapeutic Use of Self The term “Therapeutic use of self” – it is defined as: “The therapists conscious efforts to optimize their interaction with clients. It is the planned use of his or her personality, insights, perceptions and judgements as part of the therapeutic process. “ (Taylor, Lee, Kielhofner, Kelkar (2009) Therapeutic use of self: A nationwide survey of practitioners’ attitudes and experiences. AMOT 63: 198-207.
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  12. Injury Management

    Adjusting the JCU Model to Injury Management Model
  13. Knowing What Health professionals Legal professionals Discrimination law Legislation
  14. Knowing How How to write suitable duties programs How to communicate with doctors How to monitor an injured worker How to complete the claim application How to manage the cost of claims for a company How to manage claims
  15. Therapeutic Agents Therapeutic Use of Self Good communicator Very patient Empathetic But still goal and outcome focused Persistent
  16. Non – Therapeutic Agents Burn out is common Time limited The wrong people doing the job Qualified professionals are not immune to this Collect data Measure outcomes Could a better outcome have been achieved with a different person involved in the case

  17. Are you a Therapeutic Agent

  18. So Back to our model Knowing what Knowing how Therapeutic agents Do you have all of these in place – are they the best for the job and giving you a holistic view to best support the person
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  20. Acknowledgements Yvonne Thomas at the OT Department, James Cook University Practice Scholars Network – all the therapists and academics involved Staff at NQTS My patients and customers over many years who have facilitated my learning And Bill Neven
  21. The End Thank You…….. …………………any questions?
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