Klinger Lisa, Bossers Ann
School of Occupational Therapy, The University of Western Ontario, Elborn College, London, ON, Canada.
Can J Occup Ther. 2009 Jun;76(3):171-9. doi: 10.1177/000841740907600306.
Occupational therapists are change agents who are well equipped to participate in community development. Community development projects can help agencies in many ways, including determining needs, educating stakeholders, developing novel programs, finding and creating resources, marketing the agency, and creating or implementing policy. In order for service agencies to profit, they need an understanding of the skills occupational therapists can offer. The best way to gain that knowledge may be through direct experience.
This paper describes the benefits that flow to community agency partners and to occupational therapy students from an innovative, integrated fieldwork model that links students with service agencies.
This approach has demonstrated many benefits to community partners, while allowing all students in an occupational therapy program to have community development experience.
This is a cost-effective way to demonstrate the value of occupational therapy and to deliver multiple community development projects.
职业治疗师是变革推动者，具备充分条件参与社区发展。社区发展项目能在多方面帮助机构，包括确定需求、教育利益相关者、开发新项目、寻找和创造资源、推广机构以及制定或实施政策。为使服务机构受益，它们需要了解职业治疗师所能提供的技能。获取这些知识的最佳途径可能是通过直接体验。
本文描述了一种创新的综合实习模式给社区机构合作伙伴和职业治疗专业学生带来的益处，该模式将学生与服务机构联系起来。
这种方法已向社区合作伙伴展现出诸多益处，同时让职业治疗专业项目中的所有学生都能获得社区发展经验。
这是一种具有成本效益的方式，可展示职业治疗的价值并开展多个社区发展项目。
