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It is reported that the thesis section is available, to publish abstracts of postgraduate theses in the disciplinary field. Who submits your thesis, must present the title, abstract, key words (include Occupational Therapy), and a summary of 2 to 3 pages of your thesis. And `present it in Spanish, English and / or Portuguese.

The use of films as a treatment tool in occupational therapy.

Authors

  • Paula Cancino

Abstract

This paper has been made in order to obtain the professional qualification of Occupational Therapist, an examination of prequalification required by Universidad de Chile. Its aim is to justify the use of movies as a tool for intervention, providing an explicit usefulness in Occupational Therapy (OT from now on), to be settled into a proposed application. The paper addresses the relationship between cinema and the discipline, its rationale from Occupational Science, and also proposes the idea of using movies in the intervention not only from its projection but since its inception; reflects on pending contributions from occupational therapists in their development, and reasons about the utility of the wealth of cinematographic resource in professional intervention.

Keywords:

Film, occupational therapy, movies, tool for intervention.

Author Biography

Paula Cancino

Terapeuta Ocupacional, Bachiller en Humanidades y Cs. Sociales. Contacto: paulamilenka@gmail.com. Fono : 26014021-(7)9578972.