This paper would discuss the professional activity of the occupational therapists – the healthcare professionals, who face with the set of the challenges, caused by the diseases or injury - such as emotional, physical, or mental complications. The occupational therapists are referred as integral part of the healthcare team, which may also involve such professionals as physicians, physical therapists, physician assistants etc. It means that the notion ‘occupation’ in this case is mainly related with the completing of the essential tasks by the professionals on the daily basis. In other words, those students, who have made the decision of being occupational therapists, would assist other members of the healthcare team in participation in “occupations” of their life to the fullest possible extent (College of Science and Health, 2011).
The occupational therapy may be referred as the profession in the area of the health care, which implies the practical application of the purposeful activity for the further achievement of such effect which has the potential of preventing the disability of the injury, promotion of the healthy lifestyle as well as the sustain, improve or rehabilitate the highest independence (in terms of the health condition) rate among the patients.
One of the major reasons for choosing the occupational therapy as an area of professional activity is an option of working in the set of the healthcare settings - such as rehabilitation hospitals, acute care, facilities for curing the mental disease, nursing homes etc. In addition, the major focus of the profession is put on the assistance of the proper patient’s responses on the functional problems, related with the demonstration of performance, acquisition of the skills or pursuing the meaningful living. Finally, the daily activities of the occupational therapists imply the embracement of the case-based approach towards learning as well as practicing the client-oriented approach towards resolution of the routine problems (Stockton University, 2016).
References
Stockton University (2016) Occupational Therapy. Retrieved from: http://intraweb.stockton.edu/eyos/page.cfm?siteID=73&pageID=295
