title: Current state of vocationally oriented medical rehabilitation--a German perspective.
abstract: The aim of this paper is to outline a current trend in inpatient medical rehabilitation in Germany, i.e. vocationally oriented medical rehabilitation (VOMR). Since employment-related demands and challenges pose a potential source of strain regarding employees' health and work ability, rehabilitative treatment in Germany is increasingly geared towards including work-related issues in diagnostics and therapy. To date, German rehabilitation research and practice have focussed primarily on the development of screening instruments for identifying vocational problems, interface management and inter-sectoral cooperation and the specification and standardisation of vocationally oriented interventions and programmes (e.g. work hardening, group interventions). Further developments in VOMR should examine the varying needs of patients for work-related interventions as well as the neglect of specific subgroups of patients (e.g. long-term unemployed) and topics (e.g. interference between work and other life domains).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychotherapy and Medical Psychology, Rehabilitation Sciences Section, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. matthias.lukasczik@uni-wuerzburg.de
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lukasczik
authors.forename: Hans-Dieter
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gerlich
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Löffler
authors.forename: Heiner
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vogel
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Faller
authors.forename: Silke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neuderth
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003376:Counseling / Q000458:organization & administration; D003657:Decision Making; D003697:Delphi Technique; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000458:organization & administration; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000458:organization & administration; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data