the patient's own willingness to put in the effort to participate
There is significant inconsistency between these statements...
if I didn't sweet talk, motivate, or bribe my patients to increase patient engagement
People doing crappy therapy need to be called out!!! Good gosh, assuming that a plan of care/treatments are "good" is silly. OT's are people and like all people, they may suck at their job. Being an OT does NOT mean you're a good OT, it simply means you have a license to practice.
Someone suggested that I've been an OT too long. That's about a dumb of statement as someone can make. I believe in my heart that OT holds keys to HUGE patient success, but because far too many practitioners INSIST on doing idiotic treatments, focused ONLY on the UE, as a profession WE SUCK!!!
My home health company has 6 PT/PTA and only 1 OT. AND, THIS IS HOME HEALTH where OT should reign supreme. We are in the dank little corner of health care because that's were we belong!!!! Stupid activity (rainbow arch, sanding box, folding clothes, UBE, ETC) all need to be THROWN OUT!!! Every OT uses those things is a poor example of the profession. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO"VE BEEN PRACTICING TOO LONG!!!