OTA 111 - Fundamentals of Occupational Therapy as Health Care Providers

Credits: 2
Students learn basic patient-therapist interaction and communication skills, introductory use of medical terminology, patient confidentiality and HIPPA rules, infection control and blood borne pathogens guidelines, and time management skills. Students earn HIV/AIDS certification.

Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OTA 112; and instructor’s permission.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Discuss strategies and gain knowledge to use sound judgment in regards to safety of self and others by articulating safety regulations (such as HIPPA laws, infection control policies) while providing the practice of occupational therapy services.
State communication strategies that facilitate effective communication and enhance ability to work inter professionally with the health care team to clarify roles and responsibilities for client centered care.
Articulate a novice level of knowledge in understanding the need to communicate and refer to other health care professional for consultation and intervention.
Verbalize understanding of what the functional indicators are for termination of occupational therapy services and what services may be available to the client.
Rephrase contextual factors from the OTPF and its impact on the management and delivery of occupational therapy services.
Discuss strategies for ongoing professional development to ensure that practice if current and within accepted standards.
Identify professional responsibilities related to liability issues under current models of service.
Identify personal and professional abilities and competencies as they relate to job responsibilities.
Explain and appreciate the varied roles of the occupational therapy assistant as a practitioner, educator and research assistant.
Select the systems, both informal and formal, for resolving ethics disputes that have jurisdiction over occupational therapy practice.

Program Outcomes

Conduct and document a screening and evaluation process.
Intervene and implement occupation therapy processes.
Discuss the importance of ethics, values and responsibilities in the field of occupational therapy.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.