Goal-phrasing in Swiss Occupational Therapy

• Research unit: INNOSUISSE
• Project number: 10438.2;5 PFES-ES

Short description (German)

Goal-phrasing in Swiss Occupational Therapy

Short description (English)

Goal-phrasing in Swiss Occupational Therapy

Abstract (German)

The importance of setting goals in rehabilitation has been acknowledged as an important part for recovery and has attracted growing attention over the last years. After conducting a secondary analysis of national wide collected data on therapy-goals of Swiss occupational therapists (OTs) several products like evidence based (further) education programmes and guidelines for practice in phrasing goals get developed and implemented. The broad purpose is optimized efficiency and effectiveness when offering an OT-intervention to the diverse OT-clientele.

Abstract (English)

The importance of setting goals in rehabilitation has been acknowledged as an important part for recovery and has attracted growing attention over the last years. After conducting a secondary analysis of national wide collected data on therapy-goals of Swiss occupational therapists (OTs) several products like evidence based (further) education programmes and guidelines for practice in phrasing goals get developed and implemented. The broad purpose is optimized efficiency and effectiveness when offering an OT-intervention to the diverse OT-clientele.