Bridging Theory And Practice

Question 1

Professional paradigm 
•Mental models
•Used to guide practice or action
•Resource for clinical reasoning
•Problem-solving

Based on
•Practitioner’s beliefs, values
•Professional values
•OT theory
•OT knowledge, skills, abilities

Answer 1

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Question 2

What is theory

Answer 2

Ideas or concepts
•Used to understand and/or predict events
•Summarize knowledge
•May be personal or formal
•Should be based on study

Question 3

Considerations of theory

Answer 3

Propositions or Assumptions?

Propositions:
   Formal statements
   Cause and effect  
Assumptions:
   Beliefs and Values

Tacit or Explicit?

Tacit:
Implicit
Difficult to describe
Based on experiences

Explicit:
Descriptive
Open to discuss and evaluate

Question 4

How does theory guide practice?

Answer 4

Basis for professional documents
•Define scope of practice
•Initially guide actions, when experience limited
•Basis for new research
•Integrating theory
•Use of evidence-based practice
•Broad ——> Discrete theories

Question 5

See chart on slides!

Answer 5

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Question 6

Adam
What outcomes are acceptable to Adam? To you?

• What would you change about the Person? Environment? Task? Transaction?
• How could a model or theory guide your intervention with Adam?

Answer 6

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