OT Fundamentals Flashcards
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An OTA notices that a client's chart contains information about substance abuse. Who is primarily responsible for determining what information can be shared with other team members?
Answer: The supervising OT
The supervising OT, in collaboration with the team and following legal and ethical guidelines, determines appropriate information sharing, but the OTA must follow facility policy and HIPAA.
Which occupational therapy theorist developed the Ecology of Human Performance (EHP) framework?
Answer: Winnie Dunn
Winnie Dunn and colleagues at the University of Kansas developed the Ecology of Human Performance framework, emphasizing the context-performance relationship.
Under IDEA, an OTA providing school-based services must ensure that OT goals are integrated into which document?
Answer: The Individualized Education Program (IEP)
For students receiving special education services, OT goals must be documented within the Individualized Education Program (IEP).
A client reports fatigue during a morning ADL session. Based on energy conservation principles, what should the OTA recommend first?
Answer: Prioritize tasks and eliminate nonessential steps
Energy conservation begins with prioritizing essential tasks and eliminating unnecessary steps or activities to preserve available energy.
In OT practice, 'preparatory activities' differ from 'purposeful activities' in that preparatory activities:
Answer: Prepare the client for purposeful activity but lack inherent meaning
Preparatory activities (e.g., stretching, sensory warm-up) ready the client for engagement but do not in themselves constitute meaningful occupational performance.
Which assessment tool is specifically designed to measure a client's satisfaction and performance in self-identified occupational goals?
Answer: Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)
The COPM uses a semi-structured interview to identify client-centered occupational goals and measures both performance and satisfaction.
A client with arthritis is having difficulty with jar opening. Which joint protection principle is MOST relevant to address this problem?
Answer: Use larger joints when possible
Using larger, stronger joints distributes force more broadly and protects smaller vulnerable joints like those in the fingers and wrists.