Sue Baptiste - Böcker

Role Emerging Occupational Therapy: Maximising Occupation Focused Practice is written for an audience of occupational therapy practitioners, educators and students. This text offers an exploration of emerging innovative directions for the profession of occupational therapy with a focus upon the theory and application of role emerging placements.The book affords the reader an opportunity to explore how occupation focused practice can be applied to a wide variety of settings and circumstances in order to improve the health and well-being of a diverse range of people. Chapters cover relevant theory as well as offering practical guidance with examples drawn from the experiences of university educators, occupational therapists, setting/service providers and students.The book describes, explores and discusses both the potential and ramifications of role emerging practice on the occupational therapy profession and offers a vision for the future of the profession that reflects current occupational, social and health needs.

Patricia Solomon Sue Baptiste Hamilton,Ontario December,2004 Contents VII Contents Chapter 1 Skills for the Rehabilitation Professional of the Future Patricia Solomon, Sue Baptiste New Skills for the Changing Practice Context .

This book unites the expertise of many faculty members experienced in curriculum development for rehabilitation science programs at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. McMaster is known for its innovative approaches to education, in particular, for being the first major centre of problem-based learning. The content of this book uses illustrations from the curriculum reform experiences of the physiotherapy and occupational therapy programs at McMaster, highlighting key aspects of professional preparation and entry level curricula.