Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) center in Taiwan

MOHO workshop attendee of the workshop keynote speech    after the speech happily meet each other meet with OT scholar in Taiwan    meet with OT graduate students of NTU share the duties of MOHO workshop in front of the poster of MOHO center in Taiwan at NTU

Welcome Tiffany Lin to visit our center (Dec 2017, May, 2018)

June 9, 2017 Edinburgh, UK

MOHO Classes offered in 2016 semester graduate students and senior students of NTU-OT as well as students from FJU-OT (Students are answering MOHO questions using ZUVIO)

MOHO center in Taiwan visitors- from JAMK University of Finland and from School of Occupational Therapy of National Taiwan University Students from JAMK University Students from OT of NTU

The new research results of Volitional Questionnaire (traditional Chinese version)- Inter-rater reliability for persons with mental illness Title:  The Inter-rater Reliability of  the   Volitional   Questionnaire -   Chinese Version(VQ-C) Author: Wei-Ann Chen Major Finding: The Study confirmed that the Chinese version of VQ has acceptable inter-rater reliability. Participants: N=100 subjects, 3 licensed OT who were trained to use VQ • 59 males,41females • Mean age of the subjects: 47.8 years (SD=12.6) • Diagnosis Condition: 37 subjects with Schizophrenia, 32 subjects with Depression, 31 subjects with alcohol use disorder. • Setting: A medical center in northern Taiwan. • Ethnicity:100 Asian (Taiwan) • IRB approval: TSGHIRB: 1-102-05-056 Method: Three raters was trained to use VQ-C. They read the manual and co-assessed a standard subject. Then a meeting was called to discuss the ratings until unanimity was reached. Five standardized manual activities was desi...

MOHO center visitor from Department of Rehabilitation Science, Hong Kong Polytechnic University 1/6/2016

International MOHO Institute at Indianapolis, IN Oct 24-25 USA Enjoy the wonderful meeting with OT around the world

Chen, Y.L., Pan, A.W * ., Hsiung, P.C., Chung, L., Lai, J.S., Gau, S.S.F., & Chen, T.J. (2015). L ife Adaptation Skills Training (LAST) for persons with depression: A randomized controlled study. Journal of Affective Disorders , 185, 108-114. Abstract Background: To investigate the efficacy of the “Life Adaptation Skills Training (LAST) ” program for persons with depression . Methods: Sixty-eight subjects with depressive disorder were recruited from psychiatric outpatient clinics in Taipei city and were randomly assigned to either an intervention group (N=33), or a control group (N=35). The intervention group received 24-sessions of the LAST program, as well as phone contact mainly related to support for a total of 24 times. The control group only received phone contact 24 times. The primary outcome measure utilized was the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF-Taiwan version . Secondary outcome measures included the Occupational self-assessment, the Mast...

Scholars from OT of Japan and University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign visited our center

Title : The Effectiveness of Remotivation Protocol for Persons with Schizophrenia Author : Sheng-Hui Wang Thesis Advisor : Ay-Woan Pan Major findings : The results from this study show that utilization of a remotivation protocol helps to increase the patient's volitional performance, increase motivation to participate in occupational performance, and improves negative symptoms. Participants :         *N=10         *7 males, 3 females         *Age: 42 + 11.52 (range: 23-56)         *Diagnosis: Schizophrenia         *Setting: Inpatient acute ward in a psychiatric institute         *Ethnicity: Asian (Taiwan) Methods : The researchers translated the English edition of the remotivation process manual into Mandarin. In order to ensure the Mandarin versi...

Dr. Pan teaches Volitional Questionnaire and Assessment of Interaction and communication skills to OT in Yu-Li branch of Taipei Veterans General Hospital on Nov 18, 2013