Guay M. [Issues surrounding the participation of auxiliary personnel in occupational therapy].
The Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy 2012;
79:108-19. [PMID:
22667019 DOI:
10.2182/cjot.2012.79.2.6]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
With the current scarcity of occupational therapists, the idea of resorting to the use of support personnel in occupational therapy does not have consensus. In fact, occupational therapists are faced with service delivery options for which they are ill-informed.
OBJECTIVE
To provide a synthesis of the Canadian and Quebec perspectives pertaining to the possibility for "skill mix" that is to say the participation of support personnel in occupational therapy, and to discuss ways in which they can participate.
KEY ISSUES
"Skill mix" would allow an occupational therapist to delegate certain clinical activities to support personnel, so as to assert the full potential of occupational therapy. The Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists and l'Ordre des ergothérapeutes du Quebec recognize the contribution of support personnel and offer markers for the implementation of practices utilizing their services.
IMPLICATIONS
This paper offers a critical reflection on this topic that is in need of further study.
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