OTD 302 Exam 3 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Three Categories of Occupational Therapy Personnel - CORRECT ANSWER - -Occupational
Therapist (OT)
-Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA)
-Occupational Therapy or Rehab Aide
Occupational Therapy Practitioners - CORRECT ANSWER - -Occupational Therapist (OT)
-Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA)
Occupational Therapist (OT) - CORRECT ANSWER - Educated at professional level
Occupational Therapy Assistnat (OTA) - CORRECT ANSWER - Educated at technical level
Occupational Therapy or Rehab Aide - CORRECT ANSWER - No prior specialized training;
only on the job training
Roles in Occupational Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - -Practitioner
-Educator
-Manager/Administrator
-Consultant
-Entrepreneur
-Advocate
-Research/Scholar
Practitioner - CORRECT ANSWER - -OTs & OTAs
-Encompasses all aspects of managing a caseload
,Educator - CORRECT ANSWER - -Embedded in our role as a practitioner (to educate
consumers)
-Also, fieldwork educator, community opportunities, continuting education presenter, faculty
member, academic fieldwork coordinator, site fieldwork coordinator, academic program director,
etc.
Manager/Administrator - CORRECT ANSWER - -Oversees daily operations or entire
department/program
-Supervision, manager, administrator, clinical specialist, team leader, etc.
Consultant - CORRECT ANSWER - -Can provide a multitude of services from traditional OT
services to recommendations to an organization
Entrepreneur - CORRECT ANSWER - -Self-employed in area of interest
-Required business savvy and strategic planning
Advocate - CORRECT ANSWER - -Defined as one who pleads for a cause or proposal
-Requires knowledge of current health care trends, reimbursement issues, laws, social factors,
cultural issues, etc.
-Can advocate for clients or advocate in the political arena
Researcher-Scholar - CORRECT ANSWER - -Becoming more important as OTs are asked to
use evidence-based practice
How to judge your ability to explain occupational therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - -Do you
feel they (parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, friends, coworkers, dentist, etc.) could explain
occupational therapy to someone else based on what you told them?
Why is explaining occupational therapy so hard? - CORRECT ANSWER - -A study by
Wilding and Whiteford revealed many reasons why occupational therapy is difficut to explain.
, -They stated "the difficulties occupational therapists face as they try to describe and define
occupational therapy can be tracked back to a fundamental paradigmatic clash between
biomedicine and occupational therapy"
Medicine - CORRECT ANSWER - -Places the focus on the disease, illness or injury.
-They tend to work in a bottom up approach, meaning their work is focused first on the problem
or the illness
-Medicine's view of health is the absence of disease. Therefore, medicine is successful if the
disease is cured or managed.
Occupational Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - -Tends to operate from a top down approach
focusing on the person and their occupational needs first and foremost.
-After occupational therapists understand the person, they then look at how the disease, illness or
injury affects the persons' abilities to perform thier chosen occupations
-Occupational therapy's view of health is the ability to participate in desired occupations
regardless of the presence of disease or injury.
AOTA Model Practice Act Definition - CORRECT ANSWER - "The practice of occupational
therapy means the therapeutic use of occupations, including everyday life activites with
individuals, groups, populations, or organizations to support participation, performance, and
function in roles and situations in home, school, workplace, community, and other settings"
WFOT Definition - CORRECT ANSWER - "Occupational therapy is a client-centered health
profession concerned with promoting health and well being through occupation. The primary
goal of occupational therapy is to enable people to participate in the activities of everyday life.
Occupational therapists achieve this outcome by working with people and communities to
enhance thier ability to engage in the occupations they want to, need to, or are expected to do, or
by modifying the occupation or the environment to better support thier occupational
engagement"
To define - CORRECT ANSWER - to identify the nature or essential qualities of
To explain - CORRECT ANSWER - to make plain or clear; render understandable
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Three Categories of Occupational Therapy Personnel - CORRECT ANSWER - -Occupational
Therapist (OT)
-Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA)
-Occupational Therapy or Rehab Aide
Occupational Therapy Practitioners - CORRECT ANSWER - -Occupational Therapist (OT)
-Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA)
Occupational Therapist (OT) - CORRECT ANSWER - Educated at professional level
Occupational Therapy Assistnat (OTA) - CORRECT ANSWER - Educated at technical level
Occupational Therapy or Rehab Aide - CORRECT ANSWER - No prior specialized training;
only on the job training
Roles in Occupational Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - -Practitioner
-Educator
-Manager/Administrator
-Consultant
-Entrepreneur
-Advocate
-Research/Scholar
Practitioner - CORRECT ANSWER - -OTs & OTAs
-Encompasses all aspects of managing a caseload
,Educator - CORRECT ANSWER - -Embedded in our role as a practitioner (to educate
consumers)
-Also, fieldwork educator, community opportunities, continuting education presenter, faculty
member, academic fieldwork coordinator, site fieldwork coordinator, academic program director,
etc.
Manager/Administrator - CORRECT ANSWER - -Oversees daily operations or entire
department/program
-Supervision, manager, administrator, clinical specialist, team leader, etc.
Consultant - CORRECT ANSWER - -Can provide a multitude of services from traditional OT
services to recommendations to an organization
Entrepreneur - CORRECT ANSWER - -Self-employed in area of interest
-Required business savvy and strategic planning
Advocate - CORRECT ANSWER - -Defined as one who pleads for a cause or proposal
-Requires knowledge of current health care trends, reimbursement issues, laws, social factors,
cultural issues, etc.
-Can advocate for clients or advocate in the political arena
Researcher-Scholar - CORRECT ANSWER - -Becoming more important as OTs are asked to
use evidence-based practice
How to judge your ability to explain occupational therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - -Do you
feel they (parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, friends, coworkers, dentist, etc.) could explain
occupational therapy to someone else based on what you told them?
Why is explaining occupational therapy so hard? - CORRECT ANSWER - -A study by
Wilding and Whiteford revealed many reasons why occupational therapy is difficut to explain.
, -They stated "the difficulties occupational therapists face as they try to describe and define
occupational therapy can be tracked back to a fundamental paradigmatic clash between
biomedicine and occupational therapy"
Medicine - CORRECT ANSWER - -Places the focus on the disease, illness or injury.
-They tend to work in a bottom up approach, meaning their work is focused first on the problem
or the illness
-Medicine's view of health is the absence of disease. Therefore, medicine is successful if the
disease is cured or managed.
Occupational Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - -Tends to operate from a top down approach
focusing on the person and their occupational needs first and foremost.
-After occupational therapists understand the person, they then look at how the disease, illness or
injury affects the persons' abilities to perform thier chosen occupations
-Occupational therapy's view of health is the ability to participate in desired occupations
regardless of the presence of disease or injury.
AOTA Model Practice Act Definition - CORRECT ANSWER - "The practice of occupational
therapy means the therapeutic use of occupations, including everyday life activites with
individuals, groups, populations, or organizations to support participation, performance, and
function in roles and situations in home, school, workplace, community, and other settings"
WFOT Definition - CORRECT ANSWER - "Occupational therapy is a client-centered health
profession concerned with promoting health and well being through occupation. The primary
goal of occupational therapy is to enable people to participate in the activities of everyday life.
Occupational therapists achieve this outcome by working with people and communities to
enhance thier ability to engage in the occupations they want to, need to, or are expected to do, or
by modifying the occupation or the environment to better support thier occupational
engagement"
To define - CORRECT ANSWER - to identify the nature or essential qualities of
To explain - CORRECT ANSWER - to make plain or clear; render understandable
