• myGriffith
    • Staff portal
    • Contact Us⌄
      • Future student enquiries 1800 677 728
      • Current student enquiries 1800 154 055
      • International enquiries +61 7 3735 6425
      • General enquiries 07 3735 7111
      • Online enquiries
      • Staff phonebook
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • Griffith Research Online
    • Journal articles
    • View Item
    • Home
    • Griffith Research Online
    • Journal articles
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

  • All of Griffith Research Online
    • Communities & Collections
    • Authors
    • By Issue Date
    • Titles
  • This Collection
    • Authors
    • By Issue Date
    • Titles
  • Statistics

  • Most Popular Items
  • Statistics by Country
  • Most Popular Authors
  • Support

  • Contact us
  • FAQs
  • Admin login

  • Login
  • Primary Contact Occupational Therapy Hand Clinics: The pull of an occupational perspective

    Author(s)
    Burley, Samantha
    Cox, Ruth
    Di Tommaso, Amelia
    Molineux, Matthew
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Molineux, Matthew
    Di Tommaso, Amelia
    Year published
    2018
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    Background/aim: Primary contact models of care are an emerging area of occupational therapy practice that aim to respond to the changing health‐care landscape. There is a dearth of literature exploring an occupational perspective in primary contact roles, and literature in the broader scope of hand therapy has recognised that occupational therapists’ practice often aligns with the biomedical worldview. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the practice of occupational therapists within Primary Contact Occupational Therapy Hand (PCOTH) Clinics from an occupational perspective. Method: This ethnographic study gathered ...
    View more >
    Background/aim: Primary contact models of care are an emerging area of occupational therapy practice that aim to respond to the changing health‐care landscape. There is a dearth of literature exploring an occupational perspective in primary contact roles, and literature in the broader scope of hand therapy has recognised that occupational therapists’ practice often aligns with the biomedical worldview. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the practice of occupational therapists within Primary Contact Occupational Therapy Hand (PCOTH) Clinics from an occupational perspective. Method: This ethnographic study gathered in‐depth data through observations of primary contact hand therapy sessions, review of progress notes and interviews with occupational therapists. Qualitative data analysis was conducted using a three‐stage process first at the item level, then pattern level and finally at the structural level. The research team collaboratively discussed all codes and then themes. Results: The push of the biomedical culture and the pull of an occupational perspective was conceptualised as an overarching theme shaping occupational therapists’ practice in the primary contact clinics. Five themes emerged: bottom‐up approach to an occupational perspective, an occupational perspective via informal discussion, occupational therapists’ expectations of patients, occupational perspective on autopilot and blurred professional identity. Conclusion: Occupational therapists working in primary contact roles were pushed by the biomedical culture of the setting. Despite this, there was still a pull towards an occupational perspective. This research provides an initial exploration of primary contact clinics, and highlighted the added bonus of an occupational perspective. The findings present a timely opportunity for occupational therapists to critically reflect on practice in PCOTH clinics.
    View less >
    Journal Title
    Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
    Volume
    65
    Issue
    6
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.12507
    Subject
    Clinical sciences
    Clinical sciences not elsewhere classified
    Health services and systems
    Occupational therapy
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/382606
    Collection
    • Journal articles

    Footer

    Disclaimer

    • Privacy policy
    • Copyright matters
    • CRICOS Provider - 00233E
    • TEQSA: PRV12076

    Tagline

    • Gold Coast
    • Logan
    • Brisbane - Queensland, Australia
    First Peoples of Australia
    • Aboriginal
    • Torres Strait Islander