Agreement Between Occupational Therapy Practice Framework Classifications and Occupational Therapists� Classifications

• Autores: Denea S. Butts, David L. Nelson
• Localización: American Journal of Occupational Therapy, ISSN 0272-9490, Vol. 61, Nº. 5, 2007, págs. 512-518
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) developed the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process (the Framework) to categorize and organize concepts in the field of occupational therapy in a manner that would be understandable to practitioners within the field as well as to external readers. The current study investigates the degree to which occupational therapists� classification of terminology agrees with the Framework�s classification of terminology. Through mail survey format, 200 randomly selected AOTA occupational therapist members were asked to classify 30 randomly selected terms from the Framework into the 6 domain categories of the Framework. Based on the responses of 94 completed surveys, low levels of agreement were found between therapists� and the Framework�s categorizations. Overall, practicing therapists did not categorize terms in a manner consistent with the categorization of the Framework. We recommend that AOTA refrain from developing systems of categorization, at least until a consensus develops in the field concerning terminology.