The focus of this department is to ensure a collaboration between Ergotherapie Austria and AOS. The “Board member from Ergotherapie Austria” serves as a contact point for the concerns of occupational therapists in practice and is the interface for a successful collaboration between the professional organization and AOS.
The aims of the department “Board member from Ergotherapie Austria” for the first term (2021-2023) are:
- to ensure collaboration between Ergotherapie Austria and AOS through coordinated communication and strategy.
- linking science and practice in order to sensitize occupational therapists for Occupational science and to strengthen Occupational science as a reference science for occupational therapy.
Following tasks are part of the department “Board member from Ergotherapie Austria”:
- Organization, coordination and administration of the collaboration with Ergotherapie Austria.
- Implementation of initiatives and projects between Ergotherapie Austria and AOS with a special focus on a theory-practice transfer.
Benefits for AOS members:
This department is strengthening Occupational science as a reference science for occupational therapy in Austria und is strengthening Theory-practice-transfer. The department “Board member from Ergotherapie Austria” is supporting occupational therapists within their profession (public relations, evidence base).