Affiliations: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Veterans General Hospital; Occupational Therapy Division, National Taiwan University Medical School, Taiwan, ROC; and Founder, Operation De-Handicap, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Abstract: This article outlines a required prevocational assessment course taken by occupational therapy students in Taiwan. Course objectives are to teach basic concepts in work assessment and intervention and provide practical ways of using these concepts in clinical practice. The course content is reviewed; it includes standardized tests; job analysis, vocational evaluation, and work adjustment checklists and report forms; adaptive assessment; clinical observations; and case studies. The scope of practice for occupational therapists in vocational evaluation is also discussed.
Keywords: Work assessment, Vocational assessment, Work hardening, Occupational therapy education, Criterion norms, Cut-off point, Performance test, Therapeutic tool
