Occupational Therapy
“A justice that recognizes occupational rights to inclusive participation in everyday occupations for all persons in society, regardless of age, ability, gender, social class, or other differences”
“Operational beliefs that a person adopts and that guide action.”
What are values?
When a team of healthcare professionals work to provide clients with the best evidence -based care
What is Interpersonal Collaboration?
Degree to which diverse individuals feel and/or are values and welcomed within a given setting
What is inclusion?
Population-specific differences in the presence of disease, health outcomes, quality of health care and access to healthcare services that exist across racial and ethnic groups
What are Health Disparities?
“...unique features of a person that are not part of a health condition or health state and that constitute the particular background of the person’s life and living.” Examples include chronological age, sexual orientation, gender identity, race and ethnicity, social background, etc."
What are Personal Factors?
PT that services health needs of people who are economically disadvantaged, uninsured, and underinsured
What is Pro Bono?
A technique used during team collaboration that is complete, timely, brief, and clear.
What is Effective Communication
Set of skills that support individual, organizational and institutional effectiveness through understanding of self and others
What is Cultural Competency?
Lack of availability, high cost, lack of insurance coverage, and limited language access
What are barriers to health services?
“Efforts directed toward promoting occupational justice and empowering clients to seek and obtain resources to support health, well-being, and occupational participation.”
What is advocacy?
PTs should give truthful, accurate, and relevant information.
What is Integrity?
A term that describes team members who value one another’s unique skills and perspectives, while utilizing each member’s strengths
What is Interdependence
___ is giving everyone access to what they need to be successful, while ___ is treating everyone the same
What is equity and equality?
Name 2 of the 5 key elements to SDOH
Economic stability, education, social and community context, health and healthcare, neighborhood and build environment
Name at least three of the seven Core Values of Occupational Therapy Practice
What are Altruism, Equality, Freedom, Justice, Dignity, Truth, and Prudence?
Name 3 of the 7 core values that PT is based upon.
accountability, altruism, compassion/caring, excellence, integrity, professional duty, or social responsibility
Explain what an interpersonal conflict is and give an example.
What is: “conflict that exists between 2 individuals” and an example is “Nursing aid disagrees with OT on when to help pt. Perform ADLs.”
This is a reflection of underlying factors or assumptions that skew viewpoints
What is Unconscious Bias?
Quality of housing, crime and violence, environmental conditions, and access to healthy foods (Type of S.D.O.H)
What is neighborhoods and built environments?
“Something of great importance on which everything else depends ...help distinguish [OT] from other professions” These include therapeutic use of self, core values and beliefs rooted in occupation, and professional behaviors and dispositions.
What is a Cornerstone?
“Any situation which there are ethical considerations of any degree or severity that merit exploration and understanding. These situations could involve socially accepted norms of right and wrong…”
What are ethical issues?
Explain what the teach-back method of communication is and how it may be helpful to an interdisciplinary team.
What is: the patient is asked to repeat back what they heard using their own words to ensure that they understand the plan. This is helpful because it closes communication gaps between providers and patients.
This was signed by President George H. W. Bush on July 26, 1990. As a result of this landmark legislation, communities and workplaces across the nation have become more inclusive and welcoming for America’s nearly 40 million people with disabilities
What is the American of Disabilities Act (ADA)
Represent a lack of efficiency within the healthcare systems and therefore account for unnecessary costs
What are Healthcare Disparities?