OT 224 - Fieldwork Integration I

Standard

B.4.19.

Engage in the consultative process with persons, groups, programs, organizations, or communities in collaboration with inter- and intraprofessional colleagues.

B.4.20

Understand and articulate care coordination, case management, and transition services in traditional and emerging practice environments.

B.4.21.

Demonstrate the principles of the teaching– learning process using educational methods and health literacy education approaches:  To design activities and clinical training for persons, groups, and populations.  To instruct and train the client, caregiver, family, significant others, and communities at the level of the audience.

B.4.22.

Monitor and reassess, in collaboration with the client, caregiver, family, and significant others, the effect of occupational therapy intervention and the need for continued or modified intervention, and communicate the identified needs to the occupational therapist.

B.4.23.

Identify occupational needs through effective communication with patients, families, communities, and members of the interprofessional team in a responsive and responsible manner that supports a team approach to the promotion of health and wellness.

B.4.25.

Demonstrate awareness of the principles of interprofessional team dynamics to perform effectively in different team roles to plan, deliver, and evaluate patient- and population-centered care as well as population health programs and policies that are safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable.

B.5.1

Identify and explain the contextual factors; current policy issues; and socioeconomic, political, geographic, and demographic factors on the delivery of occupational therapy services for persons, groups, and populations and social systems as they relate to the practice of occupational therapy.

B.5.2

Explain the role and responsibility of the practitioner to advocate for changes in service delivery policies, effect changes in the system, recognize opportunities in emerging practice areas, and advocate for opportunities to expand the occupational therapy assistant’s role.

B.5.3

Explain an understanding of the business aspects of practice including, but not limited to, financial management, billing, and coding.

B.5.4

Define the systems and structures that create federal and state legislation and regulations, and their implications and effects on persons, groups, and populations, as well as practice.

B.5.5

Provide care and programs that demonstrate knowledge of applicable national requirements for credentialing and requirements for licensure, certification, or registration consistent with federal and state laws.

B.5.6

Identify the need and demonstrate the ability to participate in the development, marketing, and management of service delivery options. 

B.5.8

Define strategies for effective, competency-based legal and ethical supervision of occupational therapy assistants and non-occupational therapy personnel.

B.7.1

Demonstrate knowledge of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and AOTA Standards of Practice and use them as a guide for ethical decision making in professional interactions, client interventions, employment settings, and when confronted with personal and organizational ethical conflicts.

B.7.2

Demonstrate knowledge of how the role of a professional is enhanced by participating and engaging in local, national, and international leadership positions in organizations or agencies.

B.7.3

Promote occupational therapy by educating other professionals, service providers, consumers, third-party payers, regulatory bodies, and the public.

B.7.4

Identify and develop strategies for ongoing professional development to ensure that practice is consistent with current and accepted standards

B.7.5

Demonstrate knowledge of personal and professional responsibilities related to: Liability issues under current models of service provision. Varied roles of the occupational therapy assistant providing service on a contractual basis.