2024-05-182024-05-18https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/714817【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.【學系概況】 本系為我國第一個提供職能治療師養成教育的單位，目前也是全臺唯一具有完整職能治療教育，包含大學部、碩士班與博士班的學系。本系的前身為臺灣大學復健醫學系職能治療組，成立於民國59年，民國81年8月獨立設為職能治療學系，於91學年度成立研究所碩士班，並於96學年度成立研究所博士班。目前有教師11名、大學部學生約165人、碩士班學生約26人、博士班學生約18人。畢業生超過1200人，在海內外許多知名學校擔任教職、學公會理事長、理監事及醫療機構單位主管等重要職位，對臺灣的職能治療專業發展有深遠影響。 【師資】 本系的專任教師目前包含教授4位、副教授5位及助理教授2位。師資專長涵蓋生理障礙、心理障礙、兒童發展障礙、長期照護、視覺復健等領域，精專之臨床實務包括急性醫療、復健醫療至長期照護與社區服務體系，並以實證基礎為導向，以期結合理論、實務與研究於一體，其中半數以上教師更曾獲得本校的教學傑出或教學優良獎項，因此對學生可以提供完整而優質之職能治療教育。 【專業簡介】 職能治療是以「全人」的角度，即同時注重個案的生理、心理、社會層面，透過有「意義」與「目的性」的活動，促進個案功能的提升、恢復及預防失能，也可藉由環境的調整、選擇適當輔具或教導代償方法，讓個案能順利從事對他們有意義的活動，以提昇個案的日常生活、工作及休閒娛樂的生活適應力及生活品質。職能治療的對象則包括因生理、心理及社會功能障礙、發展遲緩、學習障礙、老化或因不當社會文化環境使其日常能力受限者。 【未來展望】 職能治療是健康照護體系不可或缺的專業，服務對象年齡從新生兒到老年人。在幼兒族群方面，現代父母對於育兒的意識抬頭，非常重視小孩的發展，職能治療的服務範圍，橫跨一般兒童的潛能開發到發展遲緩兒童的早期療育，就業市場除了臺灣本土，近幾年，也拓及對岸、東南亞等早期療育專業尚未成熟，亟需專業人才的地區，因此，本專業在幼兒領域的就業市場以及發展機會非常龐大。在成人族群方面，職能治療師不只提供醫療體系之復健服務，更能夠針對個人設計最適合的治療方式、規劃健康生活型態，以幫助個案預防與減低老化和失能所帶來的衝擊。此外，近年來政府大力推行的長照政策及重視身心障礙者之權益，更使教育、勞政、社會福利等體系的職治人才需求日增，例如居家職能治療所、長期照顧機構、學校體系、職業重建單位、精神復健機構等，都是新興的服務場所。臺灣社會人口越趨老化，再加上現代人更重視生活品質的情況下，職能治療應用的範圍越來越廣，是相當具發展潛力的專業。Academic Institute