title: Understanding our context for occupational therapy practice: a key to strategies for future success.
abstract: The future holds great promise for occupational therapists. Our success in utilizing the opportunities afforded by continuing changes in health care depend on our ability to recognize and act on potential beneficial trends as well as effectively address our challenges. Development of effective partnerships, obtaining required new knowledge and skills, ongoing commitment to evidence-based practice and quality service and demonstrating personal and collective responsibility for advocacy and promotion are key factors for our ability to prosper in these changing times.
authors.affiliation: Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, Ottawa, ON. cvonzweck@caot.ca
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: von Zweck
mesh_terms: D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends*; D011787:Quality of Health Care