MODERN TRENDS IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SPECIALIST TRAINING IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article defines the goal, which is the systematization of modern trends in occupational therapy specialist training (physical rehabilitation, physical therapy combined with human health, etc.), who can independently and consciously choose priority areas of activity, realize professional responsibility for the organization and results of their work, approach creatively to predict work results and plan strategies and technologies for their achievement, acquire and consolidate skills and abilities; develop and implement an individual rehabilitation plan in cooperation with other specialists in the multidisciplinary team and the patient; describe violations of the functioning of organs and systems of the human body; independently and creatively apply acquired knowledge, and carry out scientific, administrative and advisory activities.
 These trends include: the usage of the latest technologies, such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence, TV-rehabilitation, and others, to improve rehabilitation processes and ensure more effective and individualized treatment methods (technology integration); attention to the development of individualized rehabilitation programs that take into account the unique needs and characteristics of each preson (individualization of activities); establishment of cooperation of specialists in various fields (physiotherapists, psychologists, social workers, etc.) to create comprehensive rehabilitation programs (multidisciplinarity); focus on the development of effective methods of rehabilitation and optimization of resource costs to increase the availability of services (resource matching); providing specialists with modern knowledge and skills necessary for using the latest methods and technologies (pedagogical culture in general); growing attention to the inclusion of persons with disabilities in various spheres of social life, including education, work, and entertainment (strategies of inclusion); creation of programs and initiatives aimed at prevention and early detection of problems to avoid further complications (prevention and early intervention).
 Modern specialists in human health, physical therapy, and occupational therapy are obliged to formulate modern ideas about a person as a bioenergetic being and the relationship of his health with nature and society by assimilating the worldview and methodological foundations of philosophical knowledge, based on knowledge of anatomy, physiology, valeology, using methods of vale-diagnostics and monitoring of physical development, plan professional and educational activities aimed at ensuring the physical development of the individual.