職能科學的促進與推廣

The Promotion of the Occupational Science

羅鈞令(Jin-Ling Lo)

《職能治療學會雜誌》 28卷1期 (2010/01) Pp. 1-12

https://doi.org/10.6594/JTOTA.2010.28(1).01

摘要

職能科學發展迄今已20餘年，職能相關研究的發現幫助人們更加認識日常職能對健康及安適的重要性。職能治療師也因此而更能夠提供以職能為焦點並具實證基礎的介入服務。然而，目前從事職能科學探究的仍以職能治療專業人員為主，甚至許多臨床工作者尚未充分認識職能或提供以職能為焦點的介入。本文從對人與健康的觀點探討以職能為基礎的介入和傳統醫學模式之差異，並進一步討論將職能科學應用在臨床實務工作中可能面臨的阻礙以及學習以職能為焦點的治療介入之方法。作者認為要推展職能科學必須能夠讓大家看到它的用處。當人們真正體會到職能對人們健康與安適的重要後，必然會吸引更多人投入職能的探究與應用。

關鍵字

職能 ； 職能科學 ； 以職能爲焦點的介入

並列摘要

It has been more than 20 years since the body of knowledge in occupational science evolved. The research findings related to human occupation have enhanced people's understanding of the importance of occupation to health and well-being, thereby making evidence-based practice focusing on occupation much more feasible for occupational therapists. At present, researchers in occupational science are predominantly from the field of occupational therapy. However, the concept of ”occupation” and of providing occupation-focused services is still new to some occupational therapists. This article discussed the differences between an occupation-focused approach and a medical model approach in their perspectives on human being and health. In addition, the possible obstacles for applying occupational science into clinical practicing were discussed. Methods for learning an occupation-focused practice were also suggested. The author argued that in order to promote the development of occupational science, it is necessary to increase the public’s awareness of the benefits of occupational science. As the effect of occupation on health and well-being is recognized and experienced, more researchers and practitioners would be attracted to investigate and apply the concept of occupational science.

並列關鍵字

occupation ； occupational science ； occupation-focused approach