I would like to inquiry about the history of occupational therapy in your countries. In this topic, there are some documents in US or UK. However, as far as I know, the history of other countries is not enough.
In Japan, the dawn of occupational therapy had started together physical therapy to legislate them in the 1960s. Japan had held a lot of patients with cerebral vascular accidents or mental health problems and struggled to build a system of rehabilitation. At that time, the economic boom of Japan had made the rehabilitation system financially enriched. I have heard such episodes and many troubles from senior occupational therapists.
I would like to know the history of occupational therapy in your country. One of the most interesting topics is the definition of “Occupational therapy”. I think the explanation in Japan is difficult to understand for people except for occupational therapists. I would like to communicate with each other. If you know the academic documents on this topic, please let me share the information.
in Egypt, Occupational therapy does not exist as a separate profession yet, but student physical therapist takes some principles courses in the PT program
Dr. Amir Beltagi
Thanks for your reply.
We also attended the same lectures (e.g., kinesiology, neurology, etc) with students of physical therapy. However, the course is separate.
In Japan, people do not have the sense of OT and PT. They do not know how OT and PT are different. I think this is a critical problem...
I have another question. In Egypt, when did the professions (OT or PT) start?
the profession of PT started in early 70s as a separate profession away from the faculty of medicine. we do not have OT profession yet in Egypt
Dear Tomohiro Kogata,
in Germany OT was established after the Second World War. Wounded people were given occupations, thus they had a 'sense of being' in/ for their life again. It developed with a focus in psychiatric institutions and a positive benefit of 'given' occupation for people with a psychiatric diagnosis was observed. in 1953, the first school for OTs was founded in Hannover, Germany. This school still exists nowadays! OTs and PTs are different professions and have different educations, but in certain fields of work, there are overlaps, e.g. rehabilitation in neurology.
Dear Stephanie Grömminger
Thanks for your reply from Germany. I'm honored to hear the German voice.
Germany and Japan have interesting relations. The Japanese psychiatrist, "Syuzo Kure" had imported basic psychiatric occupational therapy from Germany in the 1890s. He had learned German-style psychiatry in German and generalized OT in Japan. So he is called the father of OT in Japan.
Return to the main subject in your country's situation, I think the situation is similar to OT in the US from the process of establishment. I also think our situation is similar to your situation. However, in Japan, "the sense of being or belonging" is difficult to understand in other medical or health professions...
In Serbia you have clinical defectology which is basically the same thing as OT, and there is "work therapy" so you should consider history as combination of those two.
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