Workload management in occupational therapy: the approach taken at University Hospital Nijmegen, St Radboud
✍ Scribed by Marie-Antoinette H. Van Kuyk-Minis; Helen M. Madill
- Book ID
- 102564126
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0966-7903
- DOI
- 10.1002/oti.53
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The board of University Hospital Nijmegen stipulates the roles and responsibilities of allied health professionals. It is expected that members of these disciplines will engage in teaching and applied research that will ultimately develop a solid empirical base for their clinical services. This paper outlines the process and outcome of a study of occupational therapists' workload and time management at University Hospital Nijmegen. It describes how members of the Department of Occupational Therapy established their research and teaching priorities, and agreed on a strategy to implement them. Enabling one or two therapists at a time to devote substantial amounts of time to a special task is much more fruitful than trying to split time among many people. A policy and detailed activity plan proved to be a good way of monitoring the output of the department. Copyright © 1997 Whurr Publishers Ltd.