本研究目的在探討職能治療專業人員所認知的專業角色與功能之現況、期待與建議。藉此拓展專業功能、加強服務內涵與品質，並作為專業教育和繼續教育規劃方向的參考。 研究者由2004年職能治療學會通訊錄中，隨機抽出200人郵寄問卷，共回收67份(33.5%)。個案平均年齡33.6歲（標準差＝6.5歲）；49位女性(73.1%)；服務年資以5~10年(37.3%)及居住於北部者(35.8%)居多。 結果顯示臨床實際狀況與專業理想目標上有落差。期待發揮的功能與服務包括無障礙環境設計、就業安置、輔具義肢選擇、個案管理、環境改造與適應，職業復健與轉銜，與心理輔導，而藥物管理知識須提升。社區化、生活適應與環境改造是專業需發揮的領域，專業教育／繼續教育課程應加以擴展，並加強專業療效之驗證研究。

The purpose of the study is to investigate the perception of the professional roles and functions as perceived by occupational therapists. The disparity between real and expected situations were analyzed and reported. The results of the study can provide valuable information to improve the quality of services and as a basis to guide the direction of curriculum design in professional education. The study was carried out using mail survey method. The researchers randomly selected 200 people from the membership listing of the Taiwan Occupational therapy Association. We mailed out the questionnaires and received 67 questionnaires in 2 months (return rate as 33.5%). Their average age is 33.6 (SD=6.5). Forty-nine people (73.1%) were females. Among respondents, 37.3% of them have work duration between 5 and 10 years; 35.8% of them live in the northern part of Taiwan. The results show that occupational therapists have greater expectation than real situation for the profession. Disparities of professional functions between expectation and reality included "Barrier-free environment design", "vocational placement", and "assisted device choice". Therapists expected to provide services on the following areas: "case management" and "home and community environment modification". The following services need to be implemented in the future: "Occupational rehabilitation and transition", "environmental modification and adaptation", "mental health counseling". Therapists in mental health area expected to increase knowledge of "medication management and related knowledge". The results of the study demonstrated that more emphasis can be placed on issues of "community integration" and "environmental modification", which can be incorporated into the educational contents. It is suggested that the professional courses (including continuing education) should be expanded. More research needs to be conducted to examine the efficacy of profession.