Exam 4: Occupation As the Goal

Which of the following is most true regarding a profession's "legitimate tools"?

When an occupational therapist obtains information on whether a client lives alone or with others, what his or her financial status might be, and whether the client prefers to have others involved in the intervention process, what category of information has the therapist gathered for consideration in intervention planning?

Using a pluralist approach, an occupational therapist determines the most appropriate interventions through reflection and reasoning in "all four dimensions." What are these four dimensions?

From the choices below, how would a pluralistic occupational therapist opine on the following general intervention statement? "Client's participation in his or her occupations may not be realized during the occupational therapy intervention but are the ideal intervention outcome."

Under the therapist dimension, what is the term for when a therapist takes a course of action because he or she is legally or professionally bound to do so?

Which of the following correctly lists and completely depicts the four main areas that a therapist must reflect on and think about within the therapist dimension of the pluralistic perspective?

Which of the following encompasses a situation where a therapist possesses pertinent and evidence-based knowledge, critical reasoning, performance, and interpersonal skills, and the necessary ethical reasoning to perform a job, task, or intervention proficiently?

From the choices below, how would a pluralistic occupational therapist opine on referring clients to other professions or services due to their limited competence, the service delivery model, or the specific needs of the client?

What term do the authors use to describe a situation where a client reaches a point in the therapeutic process where he or she voluntarily or naturally engages in a desired occupation that has been the focus of the intervention?

We are informed by the chapter that critical thinking becomes clinical reasoning when therapists use the interpretation of events and the situation in context to decide on a course of action. When then, as per the text, does clinical reasoning become pluralistic clinical reasoning?

When practitioners ascribe to the belief that no single approach can adequately account for all the complex conceptual issues within a profession or clinical situation or that no one element of a profession is more important than another, what philosophy are these practitioners following?

Although pluralists agree that occupation is the core of the occupational therapy profession, how do they differ in their view of occupation specific to intervention?

Within the pluralistic perspective, what is it called when a therapists has the realization that there is generally more than one best courses of action or decision points?

Pluralists utilize strategies such as clinical judgement, diagnostic reasoning, scientific reasoning, and creative thinking to make clinical decisions. What is the term used to describe each of these strategies?

The domain of concern describes the breadth of a profession's expertise and services competent to delivery. Which of the following is NOT considered a main aspect of the occupational therapy profession's domain of concern as per the Framework, 3rd edition?

Himman cited basic principles for making clinical decisions without regard to any particular ethical school of thought. What principle did Himman suggest in a situation when a therapist makes a sound ethical decision based on a detailed and comprehensive appreciation of the whole?

Ultimately, the occupational therapist adhering to a pluralistic perspective considers which one of the following four dimensions as its "primary dimension" and that the other dimensions must follow?

In considering the theoretical domain of the pluralistic approach, interventions following the evaluation process may follow two different, but theoretically-based, paths. What are these two different paths?

Within the ethical domain, therapists need to consider and implement actions that will result in a benefit to the client. What is this principle called?

What is the main perspective the authors put forth in this chapter that differs from the many perspectives in the text focusing on "occupation" as the core and focus of occupational therapy intervention?