title: Becoming innovators in an era of hyperchange.
abstract: We live in a time of hyperchange--rapid, dramatic, complex, and unpredictable change occurring in today's society, which creates unprecedented challenges. High-speed advances in technology and knowledge and changes in society require that we shift our paradigms. We must become innovators of change. This lecture examines how occupational therapy is reacting to hyperchange as a profession. How is hyperchange influencing the roles and responsibilities of practitioners? How is hyperchange affecting education? And, in accepting hyperchange, what can we do as occupational therapy practitioners, educators, and scholars to shape our own future?
authors.affiliation: New York University, New York 10011, USA. jh9@nyu.edu
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hinojosa
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004517:Education, Professional; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000193:education*; D011364:Professional Practice; D024382:Professional Role; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States