Global Trends in Occupational Therapy Ritchard Ledgerd Executive Director
Greeting from Marilyn Pattison President of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT)
OVERVIEW Occupational therapy around the world Demographics and Trends World Federation of Occupational Therapists
National Clinical Practice Guideline on supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care (2006) Care plans should always include an assessment and care-planning advice regarding ADLs, and ADL skill training from an occupational therapist People have access to personally tailored occupational therapy to assist them with their occupational and functional needs and to help maintain their health and wellbeing, independence and community living
Human Resources Project Demographic scan of WFOT Member Organisations Undertaken every two years, most recent in 2014 99% response rate from 72 Member Organisations Full presentation is available from the WFOT website www.wfot.org
1758 120 8422 13040 3244 4000 357 115 907 8500 56 2400 850 8500 1 116 5 280 60 1 10 1395 50 4300 2296 20 3756 120 115 350 500 2985 1990 23 38 1 4730 139 33383 2325 5 124 Argentina Armenia Australia *Austria Bangladesh Belgium Bermuda Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hong Kong Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Republic of Korea **Kosovo Latvia **Lesotho Luxembourg Macau **Madagascar **Malawi Malaysia Mauritius Mexico Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Pakistan Palestine Panama Peru Philippines Portugal Romania Russia **Rwanda Seychelles Singapore Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda United Kingdom United States of America Venezuela **Zambia Zimbabwe 12 29 15 27 8000 1410 1578 268 3000 1080 2600 1220 3957 1475 700 49 622 9400 470 4019 5000 102 9400 2700 2856 96 875 10 180 10 16009 17500 35000 65935 114240 Number of practising occupational therapists worldwide * total number of practising occupational therapists is not known by this association, the number shown is the number of occupational therapists in the member association ** Non-WFOT Member Organisation n = 78 c Collated 2013 WFOT 2014
Armenia *Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Romania Russia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom 12 15 1758 357 115 907 56 27 2400 1410 268 1220 1475 116 280 23 38 4300 3756 1990 470 2700 5000 8422 8500 9400 9400 35000 33383 Number of practising occupational therapists Europe c Collated 2013 WFOT 2014
1 11 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 0,5 0,4 0 0,4 0,3 0 0,2 0,2 2 22 2 22 4 4 5 5 5 55 8 8 Denmark Sweden Iceland Belgium Norway Australia Luxembourg United Kingdom New Zealand Japan Israel Finland Germany Bermuda Canada United States of America Switzerland Ireland Netherlands Slovenia Hong Kong Austria Chile Portugal Republic of Korea France Singapore Greece Taiwan Jordan Spain Brazil Macau Cyprus Panama Czech Republic Colombia South Africa Venezuela Croatia Latvia Malaysia Estonia Mauritius Seychelles Iran Philippines Palestine Namibia Italy Peru Kenya Tunisia Thailand Georgia Mexico Zimbabwe Trinidad & Tobago Sri Lanka Indonesia Armenia Uganda India Bulgaria Tanzania Argentina Romania Bangladesh Pakistan Russia Turkey Nigeria 0,3 0,3 0,2 0,2 0,1 0,1 0,1 0,1 0,1 0,05 0,04 0,04 0,04 0,02 0,02 0,02 0,02 0,01 0,007 0,006 0,003 0,001 0,001 33 3 44 5 7 9 10 9 10 15 15 Number of practising occupational therapists per 10,000 head of population 2013 Number of practising occupational therapists per 10,000 head of population 2013 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 0,5 0,4 0 0,4 0,3 2 22 2 22 4 4 5 5 5 55 8 8 Denmark Sweden Iceland Belgium Norway Australia Luxembourg United Kingdom New Zealand Japan Israel Finland Germany Bermuda Canada United States of America Switzerland Ireland Netherlands Slovenia Hong Kong Austria Chile Portugal Republic of Korea France Singapore Greece Taiwan Jordan Spain Brazil Macau Cyprus Panama Czech Republic Colombia South Africa Venezuela Croatia Latvia Malaysia Estonia Mauritius Seychelles Iran Philippines Palestine Namibia Italy Peru Kenya Tunisia Thailand Georgia Mexico Zimbabwe Trinidad & Tobago Sri Lanka Indonesia Armenia Uganda India Bulgaria Tanzania Argentina Romania Bangladesh Pakistan Russia Turkey Nigeria 0,3 0,3 0,2 0,2 0 0,2 0,2 0,1 0,1 0,1 0,1 0,1 0,05 0,04 0,04 0,04 0,02 0,02 0,02 0,02 0,01 0,007 0,006 0,003 0,001 0,001 33 3 44 5 7 n = 72 c Collated 2013 Collated WFOT 2013 2014 WFOT 2014
10 5200 1758 12 5468 203 8081 53 2080 850 263 2500 600 400 850 2700 116 85 55 500 29 40 41 2100 961 20 3430 6 35 4 259 315 1817 623 60 450 5 60 3 88 23979 Argentina Armenia Australia Austria* Bangladesh Belgium Bermuda Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hong Kong Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Republic of Korea Latvia Luxembourg Macau Malaysia Mauritius Mexico Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Pakistan Palestine Panama Peru Philippines Portugal Romania Russia Seychelles Singapore Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda United Kingdom United States of America Venezuela Zimbabwe 238 120 873 15 237 240 79 180 97 27 134 800 630 526 250 448 20 50 50 150 180 312 2080 330 76 240 38 10089 8400 26200 47639 Number of occupational therapists who are members of their national association n = 72 c Collated 2013 WFOT 2014
50 51 63 72 91 95 92 100 Argentina Armenia Australia Bangladesh Belgium Bermuda Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Georgia Greece Hong Kong Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Republic of Korea Latvia Luxembourg Macau Malaysia Mauritius Mexico Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Pakistan Palestine Panama Peru Philippines Portugal Romania Russia Seychelles Singapore Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda United Kingdom United States of America Venezuela Zimbabwe 1 3 2 7 6 6 6 7 9 10 10 10 17 14 16 22 24 22 23 26 29 32 30 32 30 30 36 35 33 30 31 42 43 42 43 52 50 51 49 52 56 57 59 63 67 67 72 75 80 83 84 83 82 87 92 91 89 100 100 98 100 100 100 Percentage of occupational therapists who are members of their national association n = 71 c Collated 2013 WFOT 2014
Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Bangladesh Belgium Bermuda Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hong Kong Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Japan Jordan Kenya Republic of Korea Latvia Luxembourg Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Macau Malaysia Mauritius Mexico Pakistan Palestine Panama Peru Philippines Portugal Romania Russia Seychelles Singapore Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda United Kingdom United States of America Venezuela 40 46 49 52 60 65 64 65 64 67 69 70 70 70 70 70 70 75 75 76 75 80 80 80 82 80 80 80 80 85 85 83 79 85 90 95 93 92 90 90 90 90 97 99 99 99 95 96 97 93 95 92 91 89 90 90 90 92 92 95 95 98 98 98 98 100 98 95 95 95 Percentage of occupational therapists in WFOT Member Organisations who are female n = 71 c Collated 2013 WFOT 2014
In 2014... Total number of practising occupational therapists = 417,235 Total number of WFOT Approved Education Programmes = 773 Total number of non WFOT Approved Education Programmes = 333 Number of occupational therapists per 10,000 head of population = median 0.9, mean 2, in Denmark it is 15 Percentage of occupational therapists that are female = 83% Average percentage of occupational therapists working in government/public funded posts = 63% Most frequently cited specialities experiencing labour shortages by WFOT Member Organisations; Mental Health, Dementia, Older People, Stroke Rehabilitation
Comparing trends over the past 8 years 2016 will enable 10 years of data collection to be analysed
Number of practising occupational therapists 2006-2014 417.235 354.848 377.859 267.124 2005/6 2009/10 2011/12 2013/14
Number of occupational therapists - Denmark 2006-2014 8500 6500 7000 5700 2006 2009 2011 2013 c
Percentage increases in the number of occupational therapists within larger WFOT Member Organisations countries (2006 2014) 467% 182% 123% 119% 35% 29% 60% 33% 88% 49% 59% United States of America Japan United Kingdom Brazil Australia Canada France Denmark South Korea Belgium Argentina
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Comparison of approved and non approved WFOT education programmes (2006 2013) Number of approved education programmes Number of non approved education programmes 685 723 773 539 295 297 331 333 2006 2009 2011 2013
Between 2006 2014 56% increase in number of practising occupational therapists worldwide 43% increase in the number of WFOT Approved Education Programmes 13% increase in the number of Non-Approved Education Programmes
WHAT IS THE WORLD FEDERATION OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS? The key international representative for occupational therapists and occupational therapy around the world and the official international organisation for the promotion of occupational therapy WFOT promotes occupational therapy as an art and science internationally. The Federation supports the development, use and practice of occupational therapy worldwide, demonstrating its relevance and contribution to society
HISTORY WFOT was established in 1952 following an inaugural meeting represented by ten national occupational therapy associations from Australia, Canada, Denmark, India, Israel, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, USA, UK
WFOT MEMBER ORGANISATIONS 59 Full Members, 18 Associate Members, 7 Contributing Members/Regional Groups Argentina Denmark Ireland Mauritius Slovenia United Kingdom Macau Australia Estonia Israel Mexico South Africa United States of America Madagascar AOTRG Austria Finland Italy Netherlands Spain Venezuela Namibia Bangladesh France Japan New Zealand Sri Lanka Zimbabwe Nigeria ACOT Belgium Germany Jordan Norway Sweden Armenia Republic de Panama APOTRG Brazil Greece Kenya Pakistan Switzerland Bermuda Peru COTEC Bulgaria Hong Kong Republic of Korea Palestine Taiwan Croatia Romania CLATO Canada Chile Colombia Iceland India Indonesia Latvia Malawi Malaysia Philippines Portugal Russia Tanzania Thailand Turkey Cyprus Faroe Islands Georgia Seychelles Trinidad &Tobago Tunisia OTARG Kuwait Czech Republic Iran Malta Singapore Uganda Luxembourg Zambia
WHAT THE WFOT DOES A dynamic, proactive and responsive organisation Provides strategy and vision Pioneers the development and evolution of the profession at international, regional and national levels Disability and Human Rights Strategy Collaboration
EXAMPLES OF HOW THE WORLD FEDERATION OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS DOES IT Standards Demographics and Human Resources Capacity building for the future of the profession Disaster Preparedness and Response Publications International Congress Communication Promotion
KEY RELATIONSHIPS Official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO) since 1959. WFOT and WHO have an active working relationship both regionally and internationally. Collaborations include: Community Based Rehabilitation Guidelines Rehabilitation Guidelines Healthy Workplaces Wheelchair Guidelines Education Ethical Recruitment International Classification of Function (ICF) ICHI Core sets Framework of Engagement with non state actors Disaster Preparedness and Response Bone and Joint Decade Workforce survey and planning
RESOURCES - COMMUNICATION www.wfot.org www.facebook.com/thewfot
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RESOURCES - COMMUNICATION Translations in a range of languages WFOT e-newsletter published four times a year
RESOURCES - COMMUNICATION WFOT Bulletin published twice a year From 2015 moved to a publishing house to increase visibility and accessibility to its content.
RESOURCES - PROMOTION World Occupational Therapy Day 27 th October World Occupational Therapy Day was first launched on 27 th October 2010. Since then, it has become an important date in the occupational therapy calendar to promote and celebrate the profession internationally Promotional materials are available at www.wfot.org
WFOT CONGRESS WFOT Congress takes place once every four years 16 th WFOT Congress took place in Japan 2014 and was attended by over 6000 participants from all continents of the world The 17 th WFOT Congress will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, 21 st 25 th May 2018 Theme: Connected in Diversity: Positioned for Impact
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