Occupational Therapy

 

Occupational Therapy Links

National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy

The Fund to Promote Awareness of Occupational Therapy

ABLEDATA - Assistive Technology

Adaptive Technology Resource Centre

Americans with Disabilities Act

National Rehabilitation Information Center

Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Ergonomics Information

 

Online Reference Sources

MedlinePlus - This resource is a service of the National Library of Medicine. The encyclopedia is referenced by disease, injury, nutrition, poison, special, surgery, symptoms and tests.

Merck - Web counterpart of the Merck Manual and one of the few medical references available free in its entirety on the Web.

National Center for Health Statistics - Part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this site provides access to most of the Center's publications since 1994, selected public-use data files, and other health-related information.

The Online Medical Dictionary - Graylab CancerWeb - Dr. Graham Dark of the Gray Laboratory Cancer Research Trust (UK), provides this staggering resource, with over 46,000 brief definitions of terms related to "biochemistry, cell biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology." Each definition is cross-linked to other definitions. The dictionary can be browsed alphabetically or by topic, as well as searched. This powerful resource shines with its sheer volume of definitions, their conciseness and clarity, and the hyperlinking between words.

RxList: The Internet drug index - Site maintained by a hospital pharmacy director, gives information on nearly 300 drugs, such as action, warnings, toxicity, side effects, and so on.

 

Professional Associations

USI's Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA)

American Occupational Therapy Association

Indiana Occupational Therapy Association

World Federation of Occupational Therapists

Occupational Therapy U.S. organizations