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More discussion on Functional Capacity Evaluations
Some years ago I wrote about Functional Capacity Evaluations and the lack of evidence supporting their use, particularly their use as predictive tools for establishing work “fitness”. I’ve received some sharp criticism in the past for my stance on FCE, and I continue to look for evidence that FCE are valid and reliable. I haven’t … Read more
Journal impact factors
If you’ve ever wondered about how well-connected and respected a journal is, journal impact factors claim to give you the answer. Theoretically, a “good” journal will be cited widely by others, and have authors clamouring to contribute to it. Of course, unpopular topics like chronic pain are trounced by their flashier cousins exploring things like … Read more
Patients Are Often More Engaged In Their Health Than Providers Think
Reblogged from Mind The Gap: Patients often don’t get the respect they deserve. Take the subject of patient engagement. Just about everywhere you turn in the health care literature these days we are told how physicians and other providers need to do a better job getting patients involved in their own health. But is that … Read more
OT Only Area – Password Access
For those who would like to gain access to the OT Only area of this blog, please click here, go to the contact area towards the bottom of the page, give your name, email address and confirm that you’re an occupational therapist, and I’ll send you the password.
Online Technology and Occupational Therapy Survey
If you’re an occupational therapy practitioner and haven’t heard of Anita Hamilton’s survey on the use of online technology – here’s the link – what do you mean, what’s it about? Online technology and occupational therapist’s use of it. Oh, Anita’s use? She, like me, is doing her PhD. Please help her – PhD’s are … Read more
Quick update from earthquake city
The aftershocks seem to have slowed a little, and they are not as powerful so hopefully things will settle down a bit. We still don’t have water, so we’re having to use our emergency stash (60 litres!) and boil it to wash, do dishes etc. Even when the water comes back on, we’ve been advised … Read more
Wobbles in the Quakey Isles
By now, if you’re a regular reader of my blog, you’ll know that I’m from Christchurch, NZ, and yes, we’ve had a few earthquakes recently! I’m happy to report that while we’ve had some more damage to the surrounds of our house, and there are a few more cracks in the ceiling and bricks, we’re … Read more
Occupational Therapy & the Cognitive Behavioural Approach For Pain Management – ii
In the first post on my commentary of Robinson, Kennedy and Harmon’s review of occupational therapy for chronic pain, I argued that they have misinterpreted the cognitive behavioural approach to pain management, and in particular, that they appear to hold an outmoded view of pain as either biological/organic or psychological, and refute the place of … Read more
2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 210,000 times in 2010. If it were an exhibit at … Read more
