Module 4: Tools Of Practice Flashcards
The systematic analyzation of HOW or WHAT a client does in an activity. It is the client’s personal experience of the performance. It attends carefully to the specific details of the client’s occupations with a specific context.
Occupational Analysis
It considers a more general idea of how things are usually done.
Activity Analysis
Why do we have to analyze activities?
- To identify the essential features of purposeful activity and the effect of activity engagement upon an individual
- To describe the performance of an activity in action step sequence
- To identify precautions, contraindications, and acceptable criteria for completion of an activity
- To formulate alternative of performing an activity in an acceptable manner through adaptation or modification of task or environment
- Problem-solve the selection of activities that meet the needs of a client receiving OT
- Apply uniform technology to describe, analyze, and document the use of activities in the practice of OT
Essential Features of Purposeful Activity
- Performance area
- Skills required
- Environment where it usually occurs
Why do we analyze occupations?
- To focus on specific areas of occupation and contexts that need to be addressed
- To observe client’s performance in desired occupations, noting the effectiveness of performance skills and patterns
- To identify what supports and hinders client performance
- To create goals in collaboration with the client that address desired outcomes
- To identify ways to grade or adapt occupations to foster improved performance
What makes Activity Analysis and Occupational Analysis different from each other?
Activity Analysis
- doesn’t consider all aspects or contexts of client
- needs of clients are not included
- doesn’t require the presence of clients to consider individual ways of performing the activity
Occupational Analysis
- examines the personal meaning and value of occupations
- appreciates occupation as an enabler for people to engage in occupations of their choice
Encompasses both environmental and personal factors
The interconnection of personal factors such as gender, race, age, lifestyle, social background, education, occupation, and psychological characteristics with environmental factors
Contexts
Aspects of the physical, social, and attitudinal surroundings in which people live and conduct their lives
Environmental Factors
Environmental factor that can be animate or inanimate elements in the environment that have been modified by people
Natural Environment and Human-Made Changes to the Environment
Environmental Factor - natural or human-made products, equipment, and technology that are gathered, created, produced, or manufactured which includes
Products and Technology
Environmental Factor that include people or animals that provide support, nurturing, protection, and defense to other persons
Support and Relationships
Environmental Factor - Evidence of customs, practices, ideologies, values, norms, factual beliefs held by people other than the client
Attitudes
Environmental factor
- established by government, at the local, regional, national, and international levels or by other recognized authorities
- constituted by rules, regulations, conventions, and standards established by governments at the local, regional, national, and international levels or by other recognized authorities
Services, Systems, Policies
The particular background of a person’s life and living and consist of the unique factors of a person that are not a part of their health condition or state.
Personal Factors
Enables the clients to fully grasp their therapy journey
OT oversees the giving the instructions clearly and concisely
Educating Clients
In knowing information, this is the ability to obtain and process basic health information
Health Literacy
In knowing information, this is being able to read below the 5th grade level
OTs should also know how to explain things at a 5th grade level
Functional literacy
In knowing information, this is being careful to not make judgements or interpretations without checking the client
Using culturally relevant scenarios and terminologies
Client
The process that practitioners use to plan, direct, perform, and reflect on client care.
Professional Reasoning
Steps of the Cognitive Process Underlying Professional Reasoning
- Cue acquisition
- Pattern recognition
- Limiting the problem space
- Problem formulation
- Problem solution
The step in the cognitive process that searches for helpful and targeted information through observation and questioning
Cue acquisition
The step in cognitive process that notices similarities and differences among situations
Pattern Recognition
The step in cognitive process that uses patterns to help focus cue acquisition and knowledge application on the most fruitful areas.
Limiting the Problem Space
The step in cognitive process that develops an explanation of what is going on, why it is going on, and what a better situation or outcome might be.
Problem Formulation
The step in cognitive process that identifies courses of action based on the problem formulation.
Problem Solution
________ is based on OT’s long-term or short-term memory
Effective Reasoning
Memory based on experiences of the OT
Short-term memory