Technology and Occupation: Past, Present, and the Next 100 Years of Theory and Practice. Am J Occup Ther 2017;71(6):7106150010p1-7106150010p15
Date
11/15/2017Pubmed ID
29135423DOI
10.5014/ajot.2017.716003Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85042064739 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 24 CitationsAbstract
During the first 100 years of occupational therapy, the profession developed a remarkable practice and theory base. All along, technology was an active and core component of practice, but often technology was mentioned only as an adjunct component of therapy and as if it was a specialty. This lecture proposes a new foundational theory that places technology at the heart of occupational therapy as a fundamental part of human occupation and the human experience. Moreover, this new Metaphysical Physical-Emotive Theory of Occupation pushes the occupational therapy profession and the occupational science discipline to overtly consider occupation on the level of a metaphysical-level reality. The presentation of this theory at the Centennial of the profession charges the field to test and further define the theory over the next 100 years and to leverage technology and its role in optimizing occupational performance into the future.
Author List
Smith ROAuthor
Roger Smith PhD Professor in the Occupational Science & Technology department at University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Biomedical TechnologyForecasting
History, 20th Century
Humans
Occupational Therapy
United States
