OCTA 240 Midterm Flashcards
What is the overall purpose of level II fieldwork?
The purpose of Level II Fieldwork is to provide you with opportunities to practice the many skills and knowledge learned in the classroom. (real patients, therapists, doctors, families)
What are the demands of level II fieldwork?
Family- children, elderly parents. child/adult care, house duties, meal prep
Financial- quitting job or reducing hours (paying bills)
Time management-
What things you should inventory in preparing for FW?
- Chart that exposes what you know
- Dictionary
- Policy/Procedure manual
- Cheat sheets (clip board)
- Sample treatments for diagnosis
- Instruments (stopwatch, goniometer)
- Resource options (AOTA website, library, other disciplines, classmates)
- Small notebook (notes)
- Planner
- Opened lab schedule
- Textbooks, notes, handouts
- FW coordinator number
What are the keys to success in level II FW?
- Be proactive: plan ahead and consider consequences
- STP: stop, think, plan before acting
- Preparation
- Communication
- Flexibility
specific order in place when communicating about an issue/concern
Chain of Command
Student > Clinical Instructor >Student Coordinator Clinical Specialist/ Senior Level Therapist
How well do I manage my time? Am I organized? Do I plan ahead or wait until the last minute? Do my treatments confirm to assigned minutes? Do I stick to my schedule?
Time management
the process of planning and exercising conscious control of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency or productivity.
- Develop schedule
- To Do List
- Planner
- Leave Extra time for to prepare
- Plan for meetings, projects, and learning opportunities
Time management
Professionalism
- Patient FIRST!
- Report on time
- Listen
- Take feedback gracefully
- Submit assignments on time
- Modify behavior after feedback
- Makeup missed days
- Dress appropriately (no tattoos or nail polish)
Uniform
Limit jewelry (no dangly earrings) - check location/placement dress code
Conflict by Adam Melfa
- Understanding Conflict
- Creates Growth
- Bridge Understanding
- Opportunity to change, learn, and grow
- Resolve Conflict
- Peel the Onion Approach
- Listen (Are you listening or preparing to talk)
- Active/Reflective Listening
- Use appropriate language
- Be mindful of body language
- *Goal: resolve conflict with an understanding of each person’s view!
The goal of conflict by Adam Melfa is:
to resolve the conflict with understanding of each persons view
exam that certifies you
NBCOT
What is the importance of your final transcript?
to be able to take the NBCOT exam for certification
- Results won’t be released until they receive official transcripts
What do you need to do to prepare yourself to take a student in the future?
1 year of experience
a process for looking for a specific answer to a specific question in an organized, objective and reliable manner
Research
What does research provide?
Foundational Knowledge
- Develop and test theories
Findings about process and outcome of therapy
Provides::
- Evidence for “need” for OT services
- knowledge to guide clinical treatment/interventions
- Assurances to clients about OT services
- Confidence in worth of OT services
- Systematic and shared body of knowledge
Why is research important?
Changes in Reimbursement (Insurance), to justify OT services and to ensure that Treatment delivered is effective, efficient, and considered standard practice
Ex. ACA (Affordable Care Act) requires therapy to be linked to EBP (Evidence Based Practice)
Evidence Based Practice ….
- Supports professions basic foundations, theories, models of practice
- Helps practitioners to identify the most effective and efficient level of care
- Self directed: not only learning new info but the continued evaluation of your own practice skills and techniques
Evidence Based Practice ….
- determine best treatment regime
- it aids in clinical reasoning/decisions
- allows you to clearly articulate to the patient/family
- cost effective
- assures safe practice
use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients
Evidence Based Practice
PICO stands for
P- person (client)
I- intervention (treatment)
C- comparison (groups)
O- outcome (what happened)
Levels of evidence (strength)
level I
level II
level III
systematic RCTs, meta-analysis, adequate sample size
Level I of evidence
Non-RCTs within a minimum of 2 groups; small sample size
Level II of evidence
what is being manipulated, tried out, imposed (ex. hot pack)
Independent variable
what is being “acted upon” you are looking for change in in dependent variable (ex. do pt have increased ROM)
Dependent variable
3 ways research can be categorize?
Method
Design
Purpose
the consistency, regularity, and uniformity of a measurement (dependability, stability, and repeatability)
reliability
Accurately measures or obtains information desired and represent what they are supposed to represent (tested over and over again)
Valid
What are the 2 common types of research methods?
Quantitative
Qualitative
research that use methods that measure, collect, and analyze data in numerical formats
Quantitative research
research that use methods that identify, collect, and analyze data in non-numerical formats such as words and pictures
Qualitative research
research that involves making observations and collecting data about ppl and their environments
Empirical research
research that involves synthesizing ideas, formulating concepts, and making predictions
Theoretical research
research that seeks to find answers to questions that have practical applications in real world conditions
Applied research
Literature review
- identify, evaluate and understand existing theory and research topic
- learn what info has been generated already
- learn what types of research methods typically used
- provide rationale for research
Research Process:
- Define the problem
-State the Research Question: - might be broad (qualitative) specific question (quantitative)
- select method to use in ID, collect and analyze data to answer research question
- standardized procedures
- random sample
- focus on testing theory
Role of OTA in research:
- can identify clinical problem
- can do literature review
- based on literature review can link the problem observed in the clinic with what the literature states and begin to formulate the research question
Evidence based research . . .
Care use of research literature in making patient care decisions. It should assist the clinician in making use of the best available evidence published, along with his/her clinical expertise to make clinical decisions
Quantitative research
- Identify the problem
- Describes the need or significance of problem
Qualitative research
- often open ended questions
- takes place in a natural environment
