When the fishing is good but the catching is bad.

I personally always fished with worms, or occasionally newts - but I am no fisherman and my knowledge of this occupation is restricted to the things a young boy would gain by spending summers casting into the Hudson River more for a way to commune with friends than for the sport.  Back then it never really mattered what we caught or even if we caught because the occupation was directed toward the social experience.  Besides, there is nothing worse than having to get a river eel off of your line.  Gross.Anyway, I was preparing a lecture and the concept of 'emerging practice area' ran across my radar screen.  This is certainly nothing new in OT.  The word 'emerging' seems to be an interesting buzzword in occupational therapy right now and it is applied across many contexts.  There are 'emerging leaders' and there are 'emerging practice areas' and there are 'emerging fieldwork sites' just to name a few.  It must be important because there are even ACOTE standards that demand that accredited educational programs promote 'emerging' practice areas.Sometimes words are used so frequently that there is a risk of just accepting the word without really doing much diligent investigation into why we are using the word.  I think that might be true with the concept of 'emerging' things.'Emerging' sounds good, mostly, and generally evokes images of forward thinking or being innovative.  In the OT literature the word is often accompanied by 'niche'...
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