Primary Care Occupational Therapy: A Quick Reference Guide (PDF)

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This clinical manual is a first-of-its-kind text for occupational therapy practitioners in primary care settings, providing best practices for fitting into the quick-paced primary care practice model and promoting health and self-management of medical conditions and lifestyles for patients. The book includes administrative information specific to OT in primary care and interventions for specific health conditions, making it a useful guide for behavioral health care providers and administrators of general medical practices. The eBook has 492 pages and was published by Springer on May 16, 2023.

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Primary Care Occupational Therapy: A Quick Reference Guide (PDF Book)

Healthcare is moving towards a holistic, whole person approach to enhance population health, reduce the cost of care, and improve patient and provider experiences. To achieve this, the primary care sector is adopting an integrated, interprofessional care team model which addresses both biomedical and behavioral health, and includes preventative care, population health management, technology, and innovative strategies to increase access to care. Occupational therapy (OT) is uniquely positioned to add their distinct whole person mental/behavioral health and medical care scope and skill to these teams to address patient needs. As this is an emerging practice area for OT, and no guidelines specific to primary care exist, this book will be a first of its kind text for occupational therapy practitioners (OTP) in primary care settings.

OT in primary care promotes health and improves patient self-management of medical conditions and lifestyles, reducing patient dependence on costly health care services. As OTPs work with habits, roles, and routines that affect health, this timely clinical manual guides best practices for primary care OT. It helps OTPs fit into the quick paced primary care practice model. Unlike traditional OT settings, visits in primary care are brief and address patient needs in the context of their presenting issue. Therefore, no other published guide meets the unique needs of this emerging practice area.

Written by experts in the field, Primary Care Occupational Therapy is the definitive resource for all primary care OTPs or those interested in lifestyle-based interventions for conditions frequently seen in primary care. It is also a useful guide for behavioral health care providers and administrators of general medical practices. Authors provide administrative information specific to OT in primary care, and interventions for specific health conditions, including chronic conditions, common to this setting.

By Sue Dahl-Popolizio, Katie Smith, Mackenzie Day, Sherry Muir, William Manard