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OTA 130 - Professional Advocacy Experience

Credits: 1
Acquaints students with therapy practitioner’s responsibilities in professional activities and for promotion of occupational therapy to other professionals, consumers, third-party payers and the public.

Prerequisite: Enrollment in OTA Program.

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

  1. Explain to consumers, potential employers, colleagues, third-party payers, regulatory boards, policymakers, and the general public the distinct nature of occupation and the evidence that occupation supports performance, participation, health, and well-being.
  2. Apply scientific evidence, theories, models of practice, and frames of reference that underlie the practice of occupational therapy to guide and inform interventions for persons, groups, and populations in a variety of practice contexts and environments. 
  3. Care Coordination, Case Management, and Transition Services: Understand and articulate care coordination, case management, and transition services in traditional and emerging practice environments. 
  4. Factors, Policy Issues and Social Systems: 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.
  5. Systems and Structures That Create Legislation: 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. 
  6. Advocacy: 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. 
  7. Market the Delivery of Services: Identify the need and demonstrate the ability to participate in the development, marketing, and management of service delivery options. 
  8. Scholarly Study: Locate and demonstrate understanding of professional literature, including the quality of the source of information, to make evidence-based practice decisions in collaboration with the occupational therapist. Explain how scholarly activities and literature contribute to the development of the profession. 
  9. Professional Engagement: 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. 
  10. Promote Occupational Therapy: Promote occupational therapy by educating other professionals, service providers, consumers, third-party payers, regulatory bodies, and the public. 

Program Outcomes
  1. Discuss the basic tenets of occupational therapy.
  2. Conduct and document a screening and evaluation process.
  3. Intervene and implement occupational therapy processes.
  4. Describe the context of occupational therapy services.
  5. Assist in the management of occupational therapy services.
  6. 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.



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