Occupational Therapy in Rehabilitation the State of Practice and Education in the Czech Republic
Journal Title: Niepełnosprawność - zagadnienia, problemy, rozwiązania - Year 2014, Vol 0, Issue 11
Abstract
Occupational therapy is a healthcare field that focuses mainly on functional diagnostics regarding the activities of daily life (ADL), and, to this end, proposes occupational therapy interventions, including the prescription of assistive devices and the evaluation of living spaces with proposals for facilitation devices. Another objective of occupational therapy is a focus on the functional abilities of the upper extremities, especially the function of the hand, which is linked to cognitive functions. Occupational therapists perform cognitive behavioural training under the supervision of a clinical psychologist, and they also focus on prevocational rehabilitation in order to achieve the optimal quality of life for a person with a disability. According to statistics published by COTEC (Council of Occupational Therapists for the European Countries, 2013), a total of 290 study programs approved by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) and another 93 not approved by WFOT are available in the field of occupational therapy in 26 European countries and outside the European Union. Most schools are located in Germany and Great Britain. Since the individual European countries use different school systems, these study programmes also differ in some aspects. The study programmes are offered at higher education institutions, universities, polytechnic schools and professional colleges. In the Czech Republic, occupational therapists get their education in the three-year bachelor’s programme, and a new master’s degree program will be offered in September 2014. The bachelor’s study has been available in the Czech Republic since 1992. At present, a total of four universities in the Czech Republic offer education for healthcare specialization with a bachelor’s degree course in occupational therapy. This field can be studied at the First Faculty of Medicine at Charles University in Prague, the Faculty of Health Studies at the University of West Bohemia in Plzeň, the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ostrava and the Faculty of Health Studies at the University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem. The programmes involve full-time study at most of the schools, while at the Faculty of Health Studies at the University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem it is also available as a distance-learning programme.
Authors and Affiliations
Katerina Svecena, Olga Svestkova, Jaromíra Uhlirová
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