Bouchier, Paula. Interview. Paula reflects on her career as an occupational therapist in Newfoundland and Labrador from 1975 to 2005.
Paula describes being recruited in Ireland to work at St. Clare's Mercy Hospital in St. John's Newfoundland; 5-6 therapists in province; room in back of phsiotherapy department with little equipment; activity therapists with no training providing ""occupational therapy""...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:occuptherapy/14 2023-12-31T10:13:55+01:00 Bouchier, Paula. Interview. Paula reflects on her career as an occupational therapist in Newfoundland and Labrador from 1975 to 2005. Manojlovich, Mary Bouchier, Paula Diploma in Occupational Therapy from St. Joseph's College of Occupational Therapy, Dublin Ireland, 1973; Bachelor of Occupational Therapy, University of Manitoba,1988; Occupational Ergonomics 1,2 from University of Michigan Continuing Education; worked at St, Clare's Mercy Hospital, St. John's 1975-78; Waterford Hospital, St. John's 1975-78; Children's Rehabilitation Centre, St. John's 1984-87; Newfoundland Hospital and Nursing Home Association 1988-91; Occupational Health and Safety Branch, Department of Employment and Labor, Government of Newfoundland 1991-94,1995-97; Integrated Occupational Health Services 1994-95; Occupational Ergonomics Consulting 1997-2005. Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador-St. John's 2021-09-09 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/occuptherapy/id/14 eng eng http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/occuptherapy/id/14 CC BY-NC 4.0 Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Occupational Therapists History Archive Intangible Curtural Heritage Inventory Bouchier Paula Sound 2021 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z Paula describes being recruited in Ireland to work at St. Clare's Mercy Hospital in St. John's Newfoundland; 5-6 therapists in province; room in back of phsiotherapy department with little equipment; activity therapists with no training providing ""occupational therapy""; developed practices in stroke rehabilitation and rheumatology; recruited 2 more Occupational herapists from Ireland; moved to Children's Rehabilitation Centre; hired as assistant director then director at the Waterford Hospital; part of a major service review; plan to move from a warehousing model of care to a rehabilitation model; back injury prevention coordinator for Newfoundland Hospital and Nursing Home Association; developed and implemented comprehensive program in 6 pilot sites; moved to provincial government to implement program province wide; occupational therapy approach; task analysis; problemsolving, task modification; establishing rapport and trust; change from a rehabilitation approach to an injury prevention/risk management approach; successful career; innovation and accepting challenges. Audio Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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Paula describes being recruited in Ireland to work at St. Clare's Mercy Hospital in St. John's Newfoundland; 5-6 therapists in province; room in back of phsiotherapy department with little equipment; activity therapists with no training providing ""occupational therapy""; developed practices in stroke rehabilitation and rheumatology; recruited 2 more Occupational herapists from Ireland; moved to Children's Rehabilitation Centre; hired as assistant director then director at the Waterford Hospital; part of a major service review; plan to move from a warehousing model of care to a rehabilitation model; back injury prevention coordinator for Newfoundland Hospital and Nursing Home Association; developed and implemented comprehensive program in 6 pilot sites; moved to provincial government to implement program province wide; occupational therapy approach; task analysis; problemsolving, task modification; establishing rapport and trust; change from a rehabilitation approach to an injury prevention/risk management approach; successful career; innovation and accepting challenges. |
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Bouchier, Paula Diploma in Occupational Therapy from St. Joseph's College of Occupational Therapy, Dublin Ireland, 1973; Bachelor of Occupational Therapy, University of Manitoba,1988; Occupational Ergonomics 1,2 from University of Michigan Continuing Education; worked at St, Clare's Mercy Hospital, St. John's 1975-78; Waterford Hospital, St. John's 1975-78; Children's Rehabilitation Centre, St. John's 1984-87; Newfoundland Hospital and Nursing Home Association 1988-91; Occupational Health and Safety Branch, Department of Employment and Labor, Government of Newfoundland 1991-94,1995-97; Integrated Occupational Health Services 1994-95; Occupational Ergonomics Consulting 1997-2005. |
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