February 2006

ANFE is involved in many actions as usual. Here are some of them:  

ANFE Project for 2005-2006:  

1. Review of the organisation of medical careers (with other professional associations). The new Ministry would tend to a Licence Degree connected with the actual diploma.  

2. Editorial Board   few months ago a board of volunteers was created with the aim of publishing more books for OTs. First the board sent a survey to French OTs to find out what they expect from the board. The 270 answers confirmed the need for a greater Internet presence and the demand for publishing specialist books, especially on rehabilitation.  

The Editorial Board defined its aims 

short term  

- distribution of books in French by the ANFE,  

- contact of potential contributors,  

- complete the collection of «Advice books»,  

- develop the topic of rehabilitation.  

long term   

- translation of English books into French  

- launch of an Internet page  

- promote the writing of articles.  

3. Evaluation of professional practice  

As part of the accreditation process ANFE is writing the second book on the Evaluation of Professional Practice. OTs have to implement this evaluation in the actual social, medical and economic context, in order to justify their actions and highlight their competences.  

4. “Department House for Disabled People”  

The 97 Departments in France are each founding Houses for Disabled People during the first months of the year. It is a very challenging project for OTs because 500 jobs should be created for our profession. (There are 5000 OTs working in France nowadays) These houses aim at informing and assessing the users,  and supporting disabled people’s rights. This single project should make the disable people’s approach easier and include all the previous French health administrative branches  (CDES,COTOREP,DDASS,...)  

Goals :  

- define the life project - evaluate needs  

- design a compensation plan  

- give and follow up the compensation defined, which depends on the needs expressed by the person or his/her legal representative. (technical, human help, house or car’s modification…..)  

The aim is to have a multi-dimensional assessment of all aspects of life for disabled people, according to ICF, then to collect and organize all the information for each person. These multidisciplinary teams evaluate the patient’s needs by visiting them at their home. It includes at least a social workert, a doctor, an OT, a psychologist, a technician,...