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Fields of OT practice
There are 90 occupational therapists having graduated from Riga Stradins university in OT study programme (1996 – 2005).
68 (75%) of
them practise in:
•Neurology
- 15
•Rheumatology
- 5
•Gerontology-
4
•Psychiatry
- 10
•Forensic
psychiatry
- 2
•Pediatrics
- 11
•Network
of centers
for technical aids
- 9
•Municipalities
(CBR)
– 5
•Institutional
care - 7
Historical
review
•1995
– modified education in OT started
•1996
– the first OT department (6 occupational therapists)was founded•1996 –four year Swedish–Latvian project to develop
education programme (bachelor’s level) in OT at
Medical Academy of Latvia started•1996 – first students enrolled at a regular OT study
programme at Medical Academy of Latvia •1996 –Latvian association of occupational therapists was
founded•1998 - Latvian association of occupational therapists
became an associative member of WFOT •2000 – state accreditation of bachelor’s level OT programme
at Medical Academy of Latvia
•2000
– first graduates from OT program started practice
•2000
– postgraduate education programme
at OTassociation •2001 - certification of practiced occupational therapists
with at least two year experience started
•2002
– Latvian association of occupational therapists became
member of WFOT
and COTEC
•2002
- Swedish–Latvian mentor programme to developplacements for clinical practice of OT in pediatrics,
gerontology, psychiatry started •2002 -2004 participation in the international research project
”Enable age”
