OT Domain Flashcards
5 parts of OT Domain
Client factors, occupations, contexts, performance skills, performance patterns
3 parts of OT process
Evaluation, intervention, outcomes
4 Cornerstones of occupational therapy practice
Core values and beliefs rooted in occupation, knowledge of an expertise in the therapeutic use of occupation, professional behaviors and dispositions, therapeutic use of self
What are some contributors that influence each corner stone?
Client centered practice, clinical and professional reasoning, competencies for practice, cultural humility, ethics, evidence informed practice, inter-and intra-professional collaborations, leader ship, lifelong learning, micro and macro systems knowledge, occupation-based practice, professionalism, professional advocacy, self advocacy, self reflection, theory based practice
Examples of occupations
Activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, health management, rest and sleep, education, work, play, leisure, social participation
What are contexts in the Occupational Therapy domain?
Environmental factors, personal factors
What are the four performance patterns?
Habits, routines, rolls, rituals
What are the three categories of performance skills?
Motor skills, process skills, social interaction skills
What are client factors?
Values, beliefs, and spirituality, body functions, body structures
What are occupations?
Occupations refer to the every day activities that people do as individuals, families, and with communities to occupy time and bring meaning and purpose to life. Occupations include things people need to, want to and are expected to do.
What is the definition of occupational performance?
It is the accomplishment of the selected occupation resulting from the dynamic transaction among the client, their context, and the occupation.
What is the definition of contexts
It is a broad construct defined as the environmental and personal factors specific to each client that influence engagement and participation and occupations.
What are environmental factors?
They are aspects of the physical, social, and attitudinal surroundings in which people live and conduct their lives
What do environmental factors influence?
Functioning in disability and have positive aspects or negative aspects
What do environmental factors include?
Natural environment and human made changes to the environment, products and technology, support and relationships, attitudes, services systems and policies
What are personal factors?
They are unique features of a person that are not part of a health condition or health state and that constitute the particular background of the persons life and living
What do personal factors influence?
They are internal influences affecting functioning and disability and are not considered positive or negative but rather reflect the essence of the person or who they are.
What do personal factors include?
Age, sexual orientation, gender identity, race or ethnicity, cultural identification and attitudes, social background and status upbringing and life experience, habits and past current behavior patterns, psychological assets temperament unique character traits and coping styles, education, profession and professional identity, lifestyle, health conditions and fitness status
What is client centered approach
OTP and client work on goals together
What are performance patterns?
Performance patterns are they required habits, routines, rolls, and rituals used in the process of engaging consistently and occupations and can support or hinder occupational performance
What is knowledge and expertise in the therapeutic use of occupation?
Encompassing research, tacit knowledge, expert opinion, client evidence when using interventions. 
Occupational therapy core values
Altruism, justice, Prudence , equality, dignity, truth, freedom
