Skills for Practice in Occupational Therapy
- 1st Edition - December 2, 2011
- Author: Edward A.S. Duncan
- Language: English
This book is the companion volume to Duncan: Foundations for Practice in Occupational Therapy 5e and provides a comprehensive guide to the practice applications of the theory… Read more
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This book is the companion volume to Duncan: Foundations for Practice in Occupational Therapy 5e and provides a comprehensive guide to the practice applications of the theory base. It is designed to be a 'basic and beyond' text, of value to students throughout their studies but also a valuable reference text to clinicians. The sections cover the following essential skills for effective occupational therapy practice: clinical skills, management and leadership skills, evidence-based and research skills, and thinking, judgement and decision-making skills.
- Links theory and evidence-base, and is also practical
- Each chapter follows same basic structure (same format as Foundations)
- Each chapter contains practical examples and/or vignettes
- New addition of highlight boxes in each chapter gives the main points in bullet format for ease of access to students new to the area
- Well referenced
Undergraduate students and clinicians
1. Introduction
Section 1: Thinking, judgement and decision skills for practice
2. Using theory in practice
3. Judgement and decision making in practice
4. Involvement and shared decision making in practice
5. Reflective practice: doing, being and becoming a reflective practitioner
Section 2: Professional skills for practice
6. Assessment skills for practice
7. Activity analysis
8. Goal setting in occupational therapy: a client-centered perspective
9. Therapeutic use of self: a model of the international relationship
10. Problem solving
11. Educational skills for practice
12. Group skills for practice in occupational therapy
13. Record and report writing
Section 3: Evidence-based and research skills for practice
14. Finding and appraising the evidence
15. Knowledge exchange
16. Clinical effectiveness skills in practice
17. Developing research in practice
18. Presentation and publication skills
Section 4: Leadership, supervision and management skills for practice
19. Management of self
20. Leadership skills
21. Practice education: skills for students and educators
22. Clinical supervision skills
Section 1: Thinking, judgement and decision skills for practice
2. Using theory in practice
3. Judgement and decision making in practice
4. Involvement and shared decision making in practice
5. Reflective practice: doing, being and becoming a reflective practitioner
Section 2: Professional skills for practice
6. Assessment skills for practice
7. Activity analysis
8. Goal setting in occupational therapy: a client-centered perspective
9. Therapeutic use of self: a model of the international relationship
10. Problem solving
11. Educational skills for practice
12. Group skills for practice in occupational therapy
13. Record and report writing
Section 3: Evidence-based and research skills for practice
14. Finding and appraising the evidence
15. Knowledge exchange
16. Clinical effectiveness skills in practice
17. Developing research in practice
18. Presentation and publication skills
Section 4: Leadership, supervision and management skills for practice
19. Management of self
20. Leadership skills
21. Practice education: skills for students and educators
22. Clinical supervision skills
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 2, 2011
- Language: English
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Edward A.S. Duncan
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor in Applied Health Research, Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, The University of Stirling, Scotland, UK; Honorary Advanced Clinical Practitioner, NHS Forth Valley, Scotland, UK
Postdoctoral Research Fellow