OCTH 623: Service Delivery Models and Practice Contexts
Credit Hours: (3)
An exploration of various service delivery models in practice and their associated
regulatory structures, challenges, and needs.
Detailed Description of Content of the Course
- Technology in Practice
- Community and Primary Care Programs
- Factors, Policy Issues, and Social Systems
- Advocacy
- Documentation of Services
- Evolving Service Delivery Models
Detailed Description of Conduct of Course
All MOT courses utilize instructional strategies that rely on active learning and
best teaching practices.
Additional instructional methods for each course are determined by course instructors
in alignment with course content. These may include:
- Simulations/role-plays
- Student presentations
- Flipped classrooms
- Gamification
- Collaborative learning in teams
- Field/Lab experiences
- Guest speakers
- Case Studies
- Other
Goals and Objectives of the Course
B.3.18. Technology in Practice
Demonstrate knowledge of the use of technology in practice, which must include:
- Electronic documentation systems
- Virtual environments
- Telehealth technology
B.3.20. Community and Primary Care Programs
- Evaluate access to community resources, and design community or primary care programs
to support occupational performance for persons, groups, or populations.
B.4.1. Factors, Policy Issues, and Social Systems
- Identify, analyze, and evaluate the influence of contextual factors and current federal,
state, and local policy issues and structures on the delivery of occupational therapy
services for persons, groups, or populations to promote and advocate for policy development
and social systems as they relate to the practice of occupational therapy.
B.4.2. Advocacy
- Identify and analyze evolving service delivery models; changing federal, state, and
local laws and regulations; and payment reform to advocate for occupational therapy.
Articulate the distinct knowledge and skills of occupational therapy practitioners
to the community of interest
B.4.3. Documentation of Services
Demonstrate knowledge of various reimbursement systems and funding mechanisms (e.g.,
federal, state, local, third party, private payer), appeals mechanisms, treatment/diagnosis
codes (e.g., CPT®, ICD, DSM® codes), and durable medical equipment coding (e.g., HCPCS)
and documentation requirements (e.g., equipment justifications) that affect consumers
and the practice of occupational therapy.
*the remainder of this standard is addressed in another course
B.4.7. Evolving Service Delivery Models
- Demonstrate the ability to plan, develop, organize, promote, and support the delivery
of services to include the determination of programmatic needs and service delivery
options, and the formulation and management of staffing for effective service provision.
Demonstrate an understanding of the process of locating and securing grants and how
grants can serve as a fiscal resource for evolving service delivery models, professional
development, and practice.
Assessment Measures
Projects, assignments, competencies, and tests as appropriate.
Other Course Information
Additional course information provided as needed in course semester syllabi.
Review and Approval
February, 2009
June 4, 2025