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Sep 27, 2024
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Fall 2014 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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OT 140 - Professional Issues Credit Hours: 1
A lecture course designed to familiarize the student with professional and ethical issues encountered in the clinical setting. Course topics include developing effective strategies for resolving ethical dilemmas, preparing/presenting in-services, supervisory responsibilities, credentialing and professional development, quality improvement, and federal and state regulations.
Course Outcomes Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- explain systems and structures that create federal and state legislation and regulation as well as implications and effects on practice;
- identify national requirements for credentialing, requirements for licensure, certification, or registration under state laws;
- explain the development of, marketing of, and managing of service delivery options;
- under the direction of the occupational therapist collect, organize, and report on data to include quality assurance reports;
- describe the documentation utilized in the ongoing processes for quality improvement and implementation of program changes to ensure quality of services;
- identify strategies for effective, competency-based legal and ethical supervision of students, volunteers, and other non-professional personnel within an OT setting;
- discuss be the ongoing professional responsibility for providing fieldwork education and the criteria for becoming a fieldwork educator;
- apply the OT Code of Ethics, Ethic Standards and AOTA Standards of Practice, using them as a guide for professional decision making;
- explain how the profession is enhanced by local, state, national, and international OT associations and related professional organizations;
- discuss strategies for ongoing professional development to ensure that practice is consistent with current and accepted standards as well as job responsibilities;
- identify strategies for analyzing issues and making decisions to resolve personal and organizational ethical conflicts;
- identify formal and informal ethical dispute-resolution systems that have jurisdiction over OT practice;
- participate in organizations that promote the profession; and
- describe steps to prepare a professional in-service.
Prerequisites: OT 101, 102 S (N)
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