04.21.07
More thoughts on PTA..
Its been a week of talking and thinking about the PTA. Have been able to find very little recent research on this topic, particuarly in relation to Occupational Therapy, in fact my post grad lecturer suggested I take this on as a masters project as he reports he has found very little on this topic in the past as well! We’ll see! A colleague found a recent paper from Australia comparing the Westmead and the GOAT, and this paper suggested if a person is in PTA for over 4 weeks then they should be assessed as out of PTA on the first 12/12, ie they never have to learn new cards… . I’ll try to find the reference to post here. I feel concerned at this idea as from my experience of the PTA sometimes a person can remain in PTA for a considerable length of time after there first 12/12 as they are unable to learn the new picture cards… need to look at the article in more depth as discuss further with my peers- any thoughts??
Merrolee said,
April 23, 2007 at 9:21 am
This sounds really interesting- what is the GOAT by the way? Once you’ve posted the article I’ll be back to check out what information I can glean from the paper – hope you can find the link okay?
occupationaltherapyotago said,
June 15, 2007 at 8:44 am
PTA is a really intersting topic to be exploring – from me experience like you we would see people who had passed their first Westmeade 12/12 score but who continued to have difficulties scoring consistantly for some time to come. However the Westmeade is getting pretty old now and I like you was never able to find much in the way of research on its use. It is a dilemma after a while about what this assessment starts to contribute – eg does it change client management?