Career Development - Answer-Advancement within the service-delivery path or transition into a role outside of service delivery.
Types of career development. - Answer-1. Vertical
2. Lateral
3. Maturation
Vertical Career Development - Answer-Movement within a setting; advancement; progressive...
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Career Development - Answer-Advancement within the service-delivery path or
transition into a role outside of service delivery.
Types of career development. - Answer-1. Vertical
2. Lateral
3. Maturation
Vertical Career Development - Answer-Movement within a setting; advancement;
progressively higher positions that involve greater responsibility or skills.
Lateral Career Development - Answer-Movement across a setting; might involve expert
clinician transitioning to the role of a clinical instructor in a university setting.
Maturation Career Development - Answer-Movement within a specific role; developing
from entry-level, to intermediate, to advanced clinical specialist.
Entry-Level Practitioner - Answer-Expected to be responsible and accountable for
professional activities related to the role as defined by state licensure laws.
Intermediate-Level Practitioner - Answer-Increased responsibility and typically pursues
specialization in a particular area of practice.
Advanced-Level Practitioner - Answer-Considered an expert or a resource in the
respective role; gain knowledge and expertise through practice and education; develop
skills through feedback.
AOTA defines supervision as? - Answer-"cooperative process in which two or more
people participate in joint effort to establish, maintain, and/or elevate a level of
competence and performance".
Direct Supervision - Answer-Continuous; supervising OT is on site and available for
immediate assistance; needed for students and aides.
Close Supervision - Answer-Need for direct, daily contact.
Routine Supervision - Answer-Direct contact at least every two weeks with interim
supervision as needed; face to face at least every 2 weeks; regular supervision can be
obtained via telecommunication.
General Supervision - Answer-Face to face contact at least once a month; interim
supervision via telecommunication if needed.
, The level of supervision needed is based on? - Answer-1. Complexity of client needs
2. Number and diversity of patients
3. Skills of the OTA
4. Type of practice setting
Service Competency - Answer-A useful mechanism to ensure that services are provided
at the same level; the determination that two people performing the same or equivalent
procedures will obtains the same or equivalent results; interrater reliability.
Strategies for successful supervision. - Answer-Understanding that the OT and COTA
are in a partnership; mutual respect and trust must be present, as well as
communication.
What are the 3 types of health-care teams? - Answer-1. Multidisciplinary
2. Transdisciplinary
3. Interdisciplinary
Multidisciplinary Team - Answer-Variety of disciplines that work together in a common
setting, but do not work together.
Transdisciplinary Team - Answer-Members who cross over professional boundaries and
share roles and functions; blurring of traditional practitioner roles.
Interdisciplinary Team - Answer-Maintain their own professional roles while using a
cooperative approach that is interactive and centered on a common problem or goal.
Knowledge - Answer-Understand information required to fulfill responsibilities such as
OT theory and principles, OT process, evidence for practice, conditions and populations
served, legislative, legal and regulatory issues.
Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) - Answer-Views OT in terms of volition,
habituation, performance and environment; best researched model of practice in OT;
most client-centered; Kielhofner.
Intervention for infants? - Answer-1. Developmental FOR
2. "Close the gap"
3. Family-centered
4. Target play, behavior regulation, feeding, motor skills, and sensory development.
Occupational Adaptation - Answer-Practitioners examine how they may change the
person, environment, or task so that the client may engage in occupations; occupation
is primary means for individual to achieve adaptation; adaptive devices.
Diagnoses for Later Adulthood - Answer-Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Strokes, Cardiac
Issues, Rheumatoid Arthritis.
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