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Occupational Therapy
職能治療學系所
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Country
Taiwan
City
Taipei City
Description
【Preface】
Occupational therapy aims at improving an individual's quality of life by assisting him/her in choosing, arranging and carrying out daily activities. Individuals who may benefit from occupational therapy include those whose daily function and social participation are limited by physical and/or psychosocial dysfunction, developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, aging, or an inadequate sociocultural environment.
Started in the end of 1950s, Occupational therapy is a branch of the development of rehabilitation medicine in Taiwan. The School and Institute of Occupational Therapy of National Taiwan University is the first educational program on occupational therapy in Taiwan. With the collaborative effects of the past and current chairman and colleagues, there are around 600 students graduated from this school. These graduates of our School have devoted to occupational therapy or related field in Taiwan or overseas and contributed to the quality of occupational therapy service and the educational standards of occupational therapy profession.
There are currently 11 full-time faculty members, 6 part-time professors and 8 adjunct professors contributed to three specialty areas such as occupational therapy for physical disabilities, occupational therapy for psychiatric patients, and occupational therapy for pediatric patients. All faculty are members of the Occupational Therapy Association of Taiwan. Some members of the faculty are on the Board of Directors of this association. In this capacity, they promote the development of the occupational therapy profession in this country.
【History】
The undergraduate program was founded in 1970 as a division of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. This was the first educational program on occupational therapy in Taiwan. In 1992, the school of occupational therapy was set up. The master of science program was established in 2002. The doctoral program was established in 2007.
Occupational therapy aims at improving an individual's quality of life by assisting him/her in choosing, arranging and carrying out daily activities. Individuals who may benefit from occupational therapy include those whose daily function and social participation are limited by physical and/or psychosocial dysfunction, developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, aging, or an inadequate sociocultural environment.
Started in the end of 1950s, Occupational therapy is a branch of the development of rehabilitation medicine in Taiwan. The School and Institute of Occupational Therapy of National Taiwan University is the first educational program on occupational therapy in Taiwan. With the collaborative effects of the past and current chairman and colleagues, there are around 600 students graduated from this school. These graduates of our School have devoted to occupational therapy or related field in Taiwan or overseas and contributed to the quality of occupational therapy service and the educational standards of occupational therapy profession.
There are currently 11 full-time faculty members, 6 part-time professors and 8 adjunct professors contributed to three specialty areas such as occupational therapy for physical disabilities, occupational therapy for psychiatric patients, and occupational therapy for pediatric patients. All faculty are members of the Occupational Therapy Association of Taiwan. Some members of the faculty are on the Board of Directors of this association. In this capacity, they promote the development of the occupational therapy profession in this country.
【History】
The undergraduate program was founded in 1970 as a division of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. This was the first educational program on occupational therapy in Taiwan. In 1992, the school of occupational therapy was set up. The master of science program was established in 2002. The doctoral program was established in 2007.