OT 235 - Fieldwork Integration II

Description
This course provides students with an opportunity for guided exchange of information related to students field experiences. The course focuses on professional writing, quality assurance, reimbursement, scope of practice, occupational therapy techniques, job seeking skills, and exposure to professional organizations. Students must successfully complete OT 230 to successfully complete OT 235.

Credit Hours: 2
Contact Hours: 2

School: School of Health & Exercise Science
Department: Occupational Therapy Assistant
Discipline: OT

Major Course Revisions: N/A
Last Revision Date Effective: 20240215T16:13:23
Course Review & Revision Year: 2028-2029

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1

General Education Requirement: None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA

Course Learning Outcomes:
ACOTE Standards addressed

No.	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.7.4	Identify and develop strategies for ongoing professional development to ensure that practice is consistent with current and accepted standards

Approved for Online Delivery?: No

Course Outline:

Course Introduction
Service Delivery
- Learning Objectives
- Evaluation & Documentation
- Service Management
- Quality Assurance
- Reimbursement Practices & Procedures

Employment -
- Creating a Resume & Cover Letter
- Job Search Process
- Digital Portfolios
- Interviewing & Negotiations

Developing a Career
- Ethics
- Mentoring
- Teamwork
- Professional Development

Entrepreneurship
- Management
- Inventory
- Reimbursement
Public Policy
State & National Organizations
Credentialing
- Board Exam Registration & Process
- State Licensure Process & Requirements
- Board Examination Preparation Strategies

Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures:
Complete a OTA Mock Board Examination

Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 10-20 %

Facilitated Discussion: 50-60%

Interactive Instruction: 30-40%

Mandatory Course Components:
Prepare for the National Board Certification Exam for the Occupational Therapy Assistant.

Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corerequisite(s): None.
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with IRW: N/A
Consent to Enroll in Course: Department Consent Required

Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 2
Faculty Credential Requirements:
18 graduate credit hours in discipline being taught (HLC Requirement), Certification/License Requirement (list below), Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details: The instructor must be an Occupational Therapist or Occupational Therapy Assistant licensed in the state of Michigan with clinical and teaching experience.

General Room Request: None

Maximum Course Enrollment: 28
Equivalent Courses: None
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: No
Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit Accepted: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
First Term Valid: Fall 2019 (8/1/2019)
Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement:
Occupational Therapy Assistant, A.A.A.S.
1st Catalog Year: 2019-2020
Course Fees: $15.00
People Soft Course ID Number: 100523
Course CIP Code: 51.9999

High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: None
Non-Credit GRCC Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Departments?: NA
Corporate Articulation Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Companies?: NA

Essential Abilities/Technical Standards:
The Grand Rapids Community College Occupational Therapy faculty has specified essential abilities and technical standards critical to the success of students in any GRCC OTA program. In the field of Occupational Therapy, therapists need to demonstrate the characteristics of self-awareness, self acceptance, awareness of others and the ability to communicate that awareness. Therapists need to cope effectively with the emotional demands of the environment and to interact effectively with a variety of people. A therapist must be capable of subordinating personal feelings and must possess sufficient emotional stamina to deal with patients who will depend on him/her for emotional and psychological support during therapy. The student must demonstrate fundamentals of practice by adhering to the Occupational Therapy code of ethics, safety regulations, use sound judgment in regards to safety of self and others. Students must demonstrate these essential abilities to succeed in their program of study. Qualified applicants are expected to meet all admission criteria and matriculating students are expected to meet all progression criteria, as well as these essential abilities essential abilities and technical standards with or without reasonable accommodations.

Technical Standards

The necessary functions include:

Physical Strength - A therapist will assist in transferring patients to or from wheelchairs, floors, mats, toilets, cars, beds, bathtubs, and showers. Other transfers may be required. The patients may be paralyzed or have some degree of incapacity such as poor balance, strength, coordination and endurance. The therapist may also have to move equipment, patients in wheelchairs, woodworking tools and craft equipment.
Mobility - In the course of performing duties in occupational therapy, a therapist will be expected to stand, lift, reach, bend, stretch, provide support and stability, and perform activities on a floor mat. Sufficient independent mobility within the architectural environment is necessary. A therapist must move quickly in an emergency, may have to quickly move patients, and may also perform treatment in a standing position over a long period of time.
Hearing - A therapist should have the ability to hear faint sounds from a distance of 4 feet—approximately the distance between a patient seated in a wheelchair and a person in a standing position next to the wheelchair. A therapist may be required to hear sounds such as those emitted by an electric hand saw, electric drill, motorized wheelchair, and blood pressure (using a stethoscope).
Visual Discrimination - A therapist should have sufficient vision to differentiate movements, read markings on instruments and measuring devices, and read newspaper small print.
Coordination - Sufficient motor skills, eye-hand coordination skills, manipulative skills and sensory function in one upper extremity may be needed by a therapist to assist with therapeutic activities. Many other therapeutic activities require dexterity, manipulation, strength, and body flexibility to perform.
Manual Dexterity - A therapist should have sufficient fine motor skills to manipulative objects and people safely. Manual dexterity to fabricate splints, to assist a patient in the completion of therapeutic projects/activities, and to demonstrate fine motor movements is also required.
Communication Skills - A therapist must be able to communicate orally and in writing. For example, a therapist must be able to read and give directions and to record health data regarding patients.