OCTH 636: Professional Evolution: OTA to OT
Credit Hours: (2)
Builds on the OTA experience to support transition to OT as professional roles and
responsibilities evolve
Note(s): This is a hybrid course.
Content
- Personal and Professional Responsibilities
- Ethics and Professional Interactions
- Effective Communication
- Requirements for Credentialing and Licensure
- Supervision of Personnel
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
Student Learning Outcomes
Personal and Professional Responsibilities
- Create and implement a plan to address individualized personal and professional responsibilities
that are consistent with current accepted standards and long-term professional goals.
- The plan must address the following:
- personal well-being
- alignment with current accepted norms in occupational therapy practice,
- advocacy related to clients, occupational therapy, or the role of the occupational
therapist or occupational therapy assistant,
- long-term career objectives, and
- a strategy to evaluate, refine, and update the plan over time.
Ethics and Professional Interactions
- Demonstrate knowledge of the current published 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.
Effective Communication
- Demonstrate effective communication with clients, care partners, communities, and
members of the intraprofessional and interprofessional teams in a responsive and responsible
manner that supports a team approach to promote client outcomes.
Requirements for Credentialing and Licensure
- Demonstrate knowledge of applicable national requirements for credentialing and requirements
for licensure, certification, or registration consistent with federal and state laws.
Supervision of Personnel
- Develop strategies for effective, competency-based legal and ethical supervision of
occupational therapy practitioners and non–occupational therapy personnel.
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
April 18, 2023
June 5, 2025