OT conversations

OT conversations

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OT conversations episodes

  • Biomechanical Restorative Treatment: a quick guide for OTs

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    In this episode we talk about restorative treatment using Biomechanical Frame of Reference. it talks about some restorative principles for problems with performance components such as Strength, Endurance, Range of Motion and Edema. This is useful in resolving problems with conditions where the central nervous system is intact.

    38 min
  • Understanding Motor Behaviour

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    In this episode we name various motor behaviors and we link it to specific part of the brain. This will help you understand and name the motor behavior symptoms caused by neurological impairment.

    37 min
  • Tools of Occupational Therapy Trade

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    As Occupational Therapy is a 'Trade' and a profession, surely it has tools that it utilizes. This episode discusses the tools of Occupational Therapy.

    19 min
  • Understanding Cognition

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    This episode gives an overview of the performance component called cognition to guide and equip clinicians with terminologies that you can use in practice.

    56 min
  • Overview of Performance Components

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    This episode talks about performance components - the little parts that make up the a task. Knowing the performance component will enable an OT to develop and improve their skills in activity analysis and it is a core and foundation knowledge that all Occupational Therapists should know.

    22 min
  • What to look for When Doing OT Assessment and Planning OT Treatment

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    In this episode, I talk to you about the 4 parameters on where you base your assessment and intervention of a person's engagement with their ADLs. By knowing these parameters, you will be able to plan your treatment much better. This episode is beneficial to all levels of clinician from Band 5 all the way to Band 8s including students and rehabilitation assistants.
    30 min
  • Understanding ADLs

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    What are ADLs from the perspective of an Occupational Therapist? We hear about it but what are they really? In this his episode, we talk about 15 ADL activities and we sort out those that we can and cannot address if we are working in secondary, tertiary and quaternary care. We talk about the 9 specific ADLs that we can look into during the acute care and we highlight the 3 essential ADL tasks that a person needed to be safe with before we can consider them for discharge home. This talk is beneficial to all levels of Occupational Therapist from student to the professional leaders who needs a refresher talk about activities of daily living(ADL).
    39 min
  • A Model that could End your Search for Model of OT Practice

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    In this episode, we talk about a very practical model of practice that defines all the interventions that OTs will do in a physical dysfunction setting...and even perhaps psychosocial dysfunction as well. It is so useful, simple and yet, it just makes sense. This may end a clinician's search for a model of practice.

    39 min
  • Our Need to Define Occupational Therapy Core Input (COIN)

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    This episode of OT conversations talks about the Core Input of Occupational Therapy in a hospital care setting. Here we discuss how knowing the core input can assist in service evaluation and how it can assist in measuring efficiency savings. This is suitable for Band 7s and above but it is also suitable for all growing clinicians as it prepares them to be mindful of the service that they can be providing
    37 min

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This is a UK-based Occupational Therapy podcast expressing personal clinical experiences, views, and aspirations for occupational therapy practice in the UK. It is aimed to help OT students and…