Occupational Therapists in Patient Navigation: A Scoping Review of the Literature.
OTJR (Thorofare N J)
; 44(1): 117-127, 2024 01.
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| ID: mdl-37070245
ABSTRACT
This review seeks to understand the literature on patient navigator programs (PNPs) that employ occupational therapists (OTs), including the role (conceptualization), functions (operationalization) of OTs who work as patient navigators (PNs) and the settings and populations they serve. This review also mapped the role of PNs to the 2021 Competencies for Occupational Therapists in Canada. Scoping review methodology by Arksey and O'Malley (2005) was employed. Data were analyzed thematically and numerically to identify frequent patterns. Ten articles were included. Within PNPs, OTs worked in hospitals and communities, but their role was rarely well-defined. Five competency domains (i.e., communication and collaboration, culture, equity and justice, excellence in practice, professional responsibility, and engagement with the profession) were evident in existing PNPs that included OTs. This review supports the increasing interest in OTs as PNs by demonstrating the alignment between the OT competencies and roles and functions of OTs working within PNPs.
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Texto completo:
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Terapia Ocupacional
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Navegação de Pacientes
Tipo de estudo:
Systematic_reviews
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
OTJR (Thorofare N J)
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá