Fisher Anne G
Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Scand J Occup Ther. 2013 May;20(3):162-73. doi: 10.3109/11038128.2012.754492. Epub 2013 Jan 14.
Since the beginning of the occupational therapy profession, engagement in occupation has been valued as the primary therapeutic agent as well as the goal of intervention. While there are few today who would not support this idea, occupational therapists continue to struggle with implementing their beliefs through "what we do" and "how we do it". Contributing to this problem is their failure to use terminology in a manner that clearly defines what and how occupational therapists do what they do in occupational therapy research, education, and practice.
The author will, therefore, first discuss some key occupational therapy terms and propose that they represent an occupation-related taxonomy that can be used to more clearly define and describe for occupational therapists and others what they do and how they do what they do as occupational therapists. Then, with a goal of fostering critical self-reflection among occupational scientists and occupational therapy researchers, educators, and practitioners, the author will go through the stages of the occupational therapy process outlined in the Occupational Therapy Intervention Process Model (OTIPM) and demonstrate how a more precise use of this occupation-related taxonomy can facilitate maximizing the power of occupation in practice.
自职业治疗专业诞生之初，参与职业活动就被视为主要的治疗手段以及干预目标。如今，几乎没有人不支持这一观点，但职业治疗师仍在努力通过“我们做什么”以及“我们如何做”来践行自己的信念。导致这一问题的原因是，他们未能以一种能清晰界定职业治疗师在职业治疗研究、教育和实践中做什么以及如何做的方式来使用术语。
因此，作者将首先讨论一些关键的职业治疗术语，并提出这些术语代表了一种与职业相关的分类法，可用于更清晰地向职业治疗师及其他人员界定和描述他们作为职业治疗师做什么以及如何做。然后，为了促进职业科学家以及职业治疗研究人员、教育工作者和从业者进行批判性的自我反思，作者将梳理职业治疗干预过程模型（OTIPM）中概述的职业治疗过程的各个阶段，并展示更精确地使用这种与职业相关的分类法如何有助于在实践中最大限度地发挥职业的作用。
