This is a reflective essay assignment for a final year occupational therapy student in studying in University of Sydney.
Some writing ideas, key readings and the assignment instruction from uni are provided below.
There are three parts in the essay (1-3)
(1)Critically explore the key philosophical assumption of client centred practice.
(2)Describe and analyze the factors, assumptions and experiences that have contributed to your personal lens. How does this inform your OT thinking and your understanding of client centred practice.
(3)Describe and analyse the factors and experiences that have contributed to your professional lens and understanding of client centred practice (as a key philosophical assumption). How does this then inform your OT thinking?
(For part 1-3)
Chapter Title: An Ecological Model of Professional Reasoning (P.23-50)
Chapter Author: Schell, B.A.B.
Title: Clinical and Professional Reasoning in Occupational Therapy
Editor: Schell, Barbara A. Boyt, editor.; Schell, John W. (John William), 1947- editor.
ISBN: 9781496335890
Please read Pages: 23-50Chapter Title: An Ecological Model of Professional Reasoning
Reading B (mainly for part 1)
Title: Thinking critically about client-centred practice and occupational possibilities across the life-span
Author: Njelesani, Janet ; Teachman, Gail ; Durocher, Evelyne ; Hamdani, Yani ; Phelan, Shanon K
Journal Title: Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy
For part 2, I am an international student from Hong Kong and is influenced by collectivist culture as well as values such as democracy and human rights. I have a background in psychology, which makes me more oriented towards thinking about people’s psychological context during my practice in Occupational Therapy. Please expand on these ideas and relate them to how it will affect my practice as an occupational therapist in Australia using Schell’s Ecological Model of Reasoning. Please organize these ideas under the component under Schell’s model and use the terminologies of the ecological model when writing the essay. Please expand these ideas and relate my personal lens to how it will affect my OT practice, interaction with clients and client centred practice.
Critically explore the key philosophical assumption of client centred practice.
Describe and analyse the factors, assumptions and experiences that have contributed to your personal lens. How does this inform your OT thinking and your understanding of client centred practice.
Describe and analyse the factors and experiences that have contributed to your professional lens and understanding of client centred practice (as a key philosophical assumption). How does this then inform your OT thinking?
