Health & Medicine

Occupational Therapy

General Guides

Specific Resources

Disabilities and rehabilitation

Ergonomics and related issues

Occupational therapy practice

Other resources

Associations, Professional Organizations & Universities

Electronic Journals/Books/Reports

Journals

Documents, forms and manuals

Other publications

Publishers

Conferences

Newsgroups & Listservs

General Guides

• NeLH (National Electronic Library for Health) : Occupational Therapist Portal (NHS, U.K.)
• Occupational Therapy & Disability Web Site Links (Millbrook House, formerly St Loye's School of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions, University of Plymouth, U.K.)
• Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Web Ring
• OccupationalTherapist.com
• OMNI : Occupational Therapy (by NLM subject heading and MeSH heading)
• Open Directory : Health : Occupational Therapy (by Open Directory Project, DMOZ)
• OT Direct - an independent site for Occupational Therapists, OT Assistants and OT students, containing links to useful resources on the web, study notes, practice updates and training listings
• RehabWorld : Occupational Therapy

Specific Resources

Disabilities and rehabilitation

• CIRRIE (Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange) Database of Rehabilitation Research
• Internet Resources for Special Children - a web site dedicated to children with disabilities and other health related disorders worldwide
• LD Resources : Resources for people with learning disabilities
• LIFE Center - the consumer resource center of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
• NARIC Knowledgebase - disability resources by the U.S. National Rehabilitation Information Center including Internet sites, publications, and organizations
• REHABDATA the leading literature database on disability and rehabilitation produced by the U.S. National Rehabilitation Information Center

Ergonomics and related issues

• Computer Related Repetitive Strain Injury
• ErgoWeb
• HyperMuscle : Muscles in Action - movies of the human body in action (University of Michigan Learning Resource Center)
• Muscle Physiology and Design (Muscle Physiology Laboratory at University of California, San Diego)
• Typing Injury FAQ Home Page

Occupational therapy practice

• Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) - information on intervention used in health and social care (Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, U.K.)
• Manual Therapy Online
• Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) Clearinghouse (University of Michigan)
• Occupational Therapy: Evidence-Based Practice - list of websites compiled by health sciences librarians from HealthWeb
• Occupational Therapy for Function - Skills for the Job of Living

Other resources

• How to Use an Article About Therapy or Prevention (Centres for Health Evidence, University of Alberta, Canada)
• OT Ideas - tools and learning products for occupational therapists and teachers

Associations, Professional Organizations & Universities

• American Hand Therapy Foundation
• American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association
• American Occupational Therapy Association
• American Occupational Therapy Foundation
• American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
• American Osteopathic Association : DO-Online and Osteopathic.org
• American Physical Therapy Association
• American Society of Hand Therapists
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• Autism Society of America
• Boston University Occupational Therapy programs
• British Association of Occupational Therapists
• Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
• Disabled Peoples' International
• Hong Kong Association of Sports Medicine & Sports Science
• Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association
• Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association
• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (U.S.)
• International Ergonomics Association
• Medical College of Georgia, Department of Occupational Therapy
• National Association of Disability Evaluating Professionals (U.S.)
• National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (U.S.)
• National Rehabilitation Association (U.S.)
• National Rehabilitation Information Center (U.S.)
• Neuro-Developmental Treatment Association (U.S.)
• Occupational Therapists Board, Hong Kong
• OT Australia
• OT Australia: New South Wales
• Rehabilitation International
• Singapore Association of Occupational Therapists
• School of Occupational Therapy at Curtin University, Perth, Australia
• University of Puget Sound Occupational Therapy Program (Tacoma, Washington, U.S.)
• VA Research and Development (Department of Veterans Affairs, US)
• Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine Program in Occupational Therapy
• World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT)

Electronic Journals/Books/Reports

Journals (Please also refer to our Library's Journal Collection )

• ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners
• Asian Journal of Occupational Therapy
• Down Syndrome Quarterly
• Exceptional Parent Magazine
• Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development
• Therapy weekly

Documents, forms and manuals

• The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
• The Merck Manual of Geriatrics
• OTResources- documents and forms that may be helpful to OT practice

Other publications

• National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials
• Physical Fitness: A Guide for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (please click the section of your choice in the contents page for the full text)
• Special Child for Parents of Children with Disabilities

Publishers

Please also refer to the General Medicine page in our Internet Resources.

• Occupational Therapy Titles from Elsevier, Saunders, Mosby, Churchill Livingstone, Butterworth-Heinemann, and Hanley & Belfus
• Harcourt Publisher
• Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Occupational Therapy Store

Conferences

• Rehabilitation Meetings (MediConf) (free registration required)
• Yahoo! Directory : Health : Conferences

Newsgroups & Listservs

• misc.health.therapy.occupational (or subscribed via Google Groups) - on all areas of occupational therapy
• Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) Listserv (University of Michigan)
• OccupationalTherapist.com Forums
• OTnPP : OT's in Private Practice (free registration required)
• OTList
• sci.med.occupational (or subscribed via Google Groups) - on Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI) & job injury issues

HO, William
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Email Address: lbwhko@polyu.edu.hk