Topic > Suzie's Case Study - 2003

By examining physical, personal, professional, medical, psychological, performance, educational, financial, and organizational factors you can begin to consider the positive and negative variables that need to evaluation (Dyck, 2013). Suzie's physical factors must first be addressed. Examining employee physical capabilities, job demands, pace, stressors, potential for job modification, adaptive devices, and potential for environmental/workplace modifications will paint a brief picture of what adaptations can future (Dyck, 2013). Since Suzie has a very demanding and labor-intensive job, this may pose a challenge to adapt her work. However it was said that she had been trained in managing quality control tests, which would be less demanding and would be a good opportunity to slowly get back to work. Personal factors must also be considered. It is necessary to consider the employee's family, as well as the presence of a personal crisis that aggravates the disability (Dyck, 2013). The health status of other family members and the impact of family dynamics on disability must also be considered (Dyck, 2013). This is very relevant in Suzie's case as she is the main provider in the family, both for her immediate family and for her aunt. Then, looking at professional factors, we need to examine the degree of job satisfaction, hours, work responsibilities and performance,