The formal occupational therapy insignia changes to O.T.R.
The formal occupational therapy insignia changes to O.T.R.
During the AOTA Conference in Washington, DC, a luncheon for OTs was hosted at the White House.
A new registration exam is tried but ultimately unsuccessful because the essay questions are too difficult to grade consistently; multiple-choice questions are added in 1947.
U.S. Army War Emergency Courses in occupational therapy begin.
The first registered OT to become AOTA President is Winifred Conrick Kahmann. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy is first published, with Charlotte Bone as editor, by the AJOT Publishing Company in Boston. The Army-Navy Nurses Act of 1947 (P.L. 80-36) establishes the Army Nurse Corps and Women’s Medical Specialist Corps in the Regular Army, consisting of occupational therapy, physical therapy, and dietitians.
The “Essentials of an Acceptable School of Occupational Therapy” state that those being trained in occupational therapy are to work under the direction of a qualified physician and not as independent OT practitioners. The fight for autonomy begins.
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Throughout 2017, AOTA will be sharing about the 100 year history of occupational therapy on social media.
