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  • Contemporary occupational therapy philosophy and practice in hospital settings

    Author(s)
    Murray, Alice
    Di Tommaso, Amelia
    Molineux, Matthew
    Young, Anna
    Power, Penny
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Molineux, Matthew
    Di Tommaso, Amelia
    Year published
    2020
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    Abstract
    Background: Occupational therapists have sought to reconnect with the foundations of the profession for many years, and a key focus has been the place of occupation in practice. Existing literature suggests that therapists working in acute settings experience difficulties practicing in ways that centralise occupation. Aim/Objective: This scoping review aimed to explore the existing literature on contemporary occupational therapy philosophy and practice in acute hospital settings. Methods: A five step scoping review process was implemented. Four electronic databases were searched using a combination of search terms. Searching ...
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    Background: Occupational therapists have sought to reconnect with the foundations of the profession for many years, and a key focus has been the place of occupation in practice. Existing literature suggests that therapists working in acute settings experience difficulties practicing in ways that centralise occupation. Aim/Objective: This scoping review aimed to explore the existing literature on contemporary occupational therapy philosophy and practice in acute hospital settings. Methods: A five step scoping review process was implemented. Four electronic databases were searched using a combination of search terms. Searching reference lists of papers was also completed. Results were summarised using numeric and thematic analysis. Results: Twenty four publications were included. Four themes were identified; attitudes towards occupation-based practice, benefits of occupation-based approaches, challenges implementing occupation-based practice, and strategies to overcome challenges. Conclusion and Significance: Findings highlighted therapists value occupation as an important aspect of practice, however they experience many environmental and personal challenges in acute settings. Strategies to overcome these challenges related to individual’s changing their practice to be more occupation-focussed and changes within the practice context including adapting environments, documentation and intervention protocols to focus on occupation. These strategies may support therapists to align practice with their professional values.
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    Journal Title
    Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2020.1750691
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    This publication was entered as an advanced online version.
    Subject
    Occupational therapy
    Clinical sciences
    Allied health and rehabilitation science
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/393640
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