美国作业治疗职业发展(英文)

The Development of Profession of Occupational Therapy in the United States

作业治疗是一门发展非常迅速,旨在帮助人们培养独立性与提高生活质量的职业。本文概述了作业治疗的定义、发展简史、工作与就业现状,以及作业治疗的用途。本文还综述了作业治疗领域的相关研究。针对这一职业的展望,本文阐述了作业治疗的教育项目、专业培养和课程设置,以及作业治疗工作者获得执照与资格认证等一系列问题。

Occupational therapy is a fast growing dynamic profession that focuses on issues of independence and quality of life. This article described the definition, history, job, employment, use of occupation therapy as a profession. And research on oeeupation therapy was overviewed as well. Based on employment outlook, this article elaborates on education programs, academie eurrieulure and training, and licensure and certification in occupation therapy.