OCCUPATIONAL Table of Contents THERAPY NOW occupatioNAL THERAPY Now Volume 13.2 Everyday Stories . profiles of your CAOT colleagues............................................................................................................... 03 Jennifer MacKendrick Weber What’s new ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................04 What’s online ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................04 Student-to-Student Sharing of wisdom (part I): Shaping the transition from student to occupational therapist ...............................05 Laura Thompson and Erin Fraser Restructuring of the occupational therapy and physiotherapy practices in an acute care hospital ..............08 Rachel Gervais, Gina Doré and Frédéric Beauchemin Internationally educated occupational therapists in Canada: A status report on acculturation initiatives .............11 Claudia von Zweck The Occupational Therapy Examination and Practice Preparation project (OTepp): Effective, popular and growing ............................................................................................................................................................................16 Laura Van Iterson The French connection: OTepp and CAOT’s involvement in developing a bilingual index of occupational therapy terms .....................................................................................................................................................................................18 Marie-Christine Beshay The McMaster Assessment of Comprehension and Communication: Facilitating the acculturation of internationally educated occupational therapists ...........................................................................................19 Tram Nguyen and Sue Baptiste Theory Meets Practice Can theories of behaviour change help us improve practice? ...................................................................................................21 Heather Colquhoun and Heidi Cramm Exploring ‘use of title’ for occupational therapists in Canada ................................................................................................... 24 Julie Putman, Janet Craik and Claudia von Zweck Proposed changes to the CAOT bylaws ......................................................................................................................................................27 Claudia von Zweck, PhD, OT(C), CAOT Executive Director Enhancing Practice: Pediatrics Thinking outside the toy box ................................................................................................................................................................................ 28 Laura Bradley Update from the COTF ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 2011 CAOT Learning Services ............................................................................................................................................................................30 ISSN: 1481-5532 Canada Post agreement #40034418 1 Statements made in contributions to Occupational Therapy Now E-mail: [email protected] (OT Now) are made solely on the responsibility of the author and INDEXING unless so stated do not reflect the official position of the Canadian OT Now is indexed by: ProQuest and OTDBase. 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(613) 523-2268 ext. 223, Fax (613) 587-4121, email: [email protected] In Touch with Assistive Technology TRANSLATION Roselle Adler, BScOT & Josée Séguin, MSc De Shakespeare à Molière, Services de traduction OT Then Sue Baptiste, MHSc DESIGN & LAYOUT JAR Creative Practice Scenarios Mary Kita, PhD (candidate), MSc, BSc(OT) OT NOW EDitorial boarD Private Practice Insights Chair: Brenda McGibbon Lammi Jonathan Rivero, BScOT, OT(c) Melissa Croskery Christel Seeberger, BSc OT, OT Reg (NB), OTR Emily Etchverry Sense of Doing Tom Grant Helene J. Polatajko, PhD & Jane A. Davis, MSc Michelle Lawton Susan Mulholland E-Health and Occupational Therapy Nadia Noble Lili Liu, PhD & Masako Miyazaki, PhD Aliki Thomas-Pyliotis Theory Meets Practice ex-officio: Helene J. Polatajko Heidi Cramm, MSc ex-officio: Janet Craik Enhancing Practice Older Adults: Sandra Hobson, MAEd Adults: Patricia Dickson, MSc (candidate), OT Reg. (Ont.) Pediatrics: Laura Bradley, MSc(OT), OT Reg. (Ont.) Mental Health: Regina Casey, PhD (candidate), MA, Dip COT Rural Practice: Alison Sisson, MSc, BScOT(c) OT Now Call for Papers The September, 2011 issue of OT Now will be a special issue on ‘Promoting Self-management and Self-management Support: An Occupation Focused Perspective’. The Guest Editor will be Tanya Packer, PhD, OT(C) NS(Reg). Deadline for submission: April 1st, 2011 Please contact Brenda McGibbon Lammi ([email protected]) if you have any questions or would like more information. 2 occupatioNAL THERAPY Now Volume 13.2 Everyday Stories . profiles of your CAOT colleagues Jennifer MacKendrick Weber rom the Prairies to the Great Lakes, and from the Rockies where I have been fortunate to work for two strong health Fto the National Capital Region, I have been fortunate care teams. Over the past year and a half, I have worked to experience the different regions of Canada, and the as an independent contractor for CommuniCare Therapy, range of opportunities a career in occupational therapy can providing school health support services and in-home services. offer. Originally from Manitoba, my interest in occupational Living in a picturesque region of Quebec, our work life is therapy started in university while working for the Society for complemented by biking and swimming during the summer Manitobans with Disabilities. After completing my Bachelor months, hiking in the fall and snowshoeing in the winter. of Science in Biology at the University of Winnipeg, I moved Throughout my eleven years as an occupational therapist, to southern Ontario where I attended McMaster University I have enjoyed variety in occupations both personally and and graduated in 1999 with my Bachelor of Health Sciences in professionally. However, there are interests I have yet to Occupational Therapy. pursue and skills I need to acquire to progress my career. My Upon completion of my occupational therapy degree, I experiences growing up in Manitoba along with a student began working at KidsAbility Centre for Child Development placement at a solvent abuse treatment centre for First Nation in Waterloo, Ontario. At KidsAbility, I had the opportunity youth, lead to an interest in aboriginal health issues and the to develope my skills as a clinician and to participate in role for occupational therapy. In hopes of pursuing this interest research projects through CanChild Centre for Childhood and to make a contribution to professional development Disability Research and McMaster University. I also enjoyed initiatives, I have approached CAOT to become a member of guest lecturing to the occupational therapy programs at the Occupational Therapy Aboriginal Health Network. I am University of Western Ontario, McMaster University and the also exploring the pursuit of a Master’s in Health Management Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Assistant program and looking forward to life’s next adventure with my family. at Conestoga College. During my five years in the Waterloo Region, I volunteered for Track 3, a non-profit program that teaches children and youth with disabilities to learn how to down-hill ski. Waterloo is also where I met my husband, Chris. In 2004 my husband’s career led us to Calgary, where my own career transitioned to adult health. In pursuit