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OT Business Wk 2 Flashcards

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The development of capacity and competency characteristics needed for the future as a component of ongoing professional development or lifelong learning

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Continuing competence

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An individual’s capacity to perform job responsibilities

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Competence

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NBCOT

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National board of certification for occupational therapy

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Responsible for establishing that an individual meets standards related to initial competency through administration of the certification examination

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NBCOT

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Develops, administers and continually reviews the certification process in regards to current standards of competent practice in OT.

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NBCOT

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Oversees certification

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NBCOT

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Broadly define the major performance components of the profession

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Domains

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Describe activities that are performed in each domain

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Tasks

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Statements reflect the information required to perform each task

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Knowledge

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These levels are used to develop an examination blueprint

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  • domains
  • tasks
  • knowledge
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Learner focus on learning the rules of a particular skill

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Novice

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Learners focus on applying the rules of a skill in specific situations that become increasingly dependent on the particular context of the situation

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Advanced beginner

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Learners see actions in terms of long-range goals or plans and are consciously aware of their skills

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Competency

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Learners perceive situations as “wholes” rather than “aspects”, and their performance is guided by intuitive behavior

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Proficiency

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Learners integrate mastered skills with their own personal styles

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Expert

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Name the competency stages

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  • novice
  • advanced beginner
  • competency
  • proficiency
  • expert
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What are the assessing competencies?

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  • simulated tests
  • objective tests
  • observational tests
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Methods for assessment of competencies

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  • post tests
  • return demonstration
  • observation of daily work
  • case studies
  • exemplars
  • peer reviews
  • self assessment
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What are the four functions of management?

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  • Traditional management functions and competencies
  • planning
  • organizing & staffing
  • directing
  • controlling
  • role model competencies
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SWOT

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  • strengths
  • weaknesses
  • opportunities
  • threats
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Name the competencies associated with

  • geriatrics
  • neonatal ICUs
  • psychiatric
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age specific competencies

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PAM and Cognitive assessment for person with TBI are examples of what competency?

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equipment related competencies

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Name the competencies that require specific education and training

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Specialized practice competencies

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What are the results of inaccurate assessment of competence?

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  • poor utilization of resources
  • lowered levels of staff satisfaction
  • decreased quality of care
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T or F States have different licensure requirements and regulations

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True

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Name the job functions of the OT Manager

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  • job description
  • recruit new employees
  • initial assessment of competencies
  • annual assessment of competencies
  • professional development and portfolios
  • staffing plans
  • agency accreditation and licensure
  • quality control
  • outcomes evaluation and management
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AOTA’s standards for continuing competency are

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  • knowledge
  • critical reasoning
  • interpersonal attitudes
  • ethical reasoning
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Name the four criteria for assessment of competencies statements

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  • begin each critical statement with a verb
  • use clear language that is commonly accepted and interpreted
  • include higher thinking and action behaviors
  • include only behaviors essential for documenting competence
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Study of regulation and control in systems

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Cybernetics and information theory

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Concerned with how info is communicated rather than what is communicated

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Cybernetics and info theory

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In OT, relates to the move towards electronic documentation of interventions

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Cybernetics and info theory

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Challenge is to reconstruct the message accurately to the Recipient

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Cybernetics and info theory

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The common ground that exists between a speaker and the audience. Share personal and professional info that demonstrates to the listeners how the presenter is like the audience

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Identification

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Including accounts of disability experiences has been validated as an approach to understand the experiences of those who share a common disability

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Narrative

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The study of people’s use of space as an elaboration of culture

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Proxemics

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Name the categories of distance

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  • public space 12-25’, audience and speaker
  • social space 4-10’, strangers
  • personal space 2-4’, friends and family
  • intimate space 0-1’, touching
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Developed expectations about verbal and nonverbal communication of others; violations can be arousing positively or negatively

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Expectancy violations theory EVT

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Overall quality of voice

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Tone

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High or low, communicates the speaker’s emotional state and excitement

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Pitch

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Variation in tone and volume, can hold interest of listener

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Rhythm

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References changes in pitch or tone

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Inflection

39
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Thinking through what could and what should be communicated to help achieve objective

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Critical thinking

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8 Cs of business writing

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  • consideration
  • conciseness
  • correctness
  • courtesy
  • clarity
  • completeness
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For internal communication to confirm conversations, request actions, inform others of problems, or update others on events or progress

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Business memo

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Type of letter used for the outside audience and represents organization

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Business letters

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Type of of electronic letter that is more like conservation, messages can be exchanged quickly

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E mail

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Detailed document that describes the need and the costs and benefits of a new program or service

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Business plan and program proposal

45
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Written for funding for research or the development of a new program

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Grants

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AOTA special interest sections SIS

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  • education
  • early intervention and school
  • gerontology
  • home and community health
  • SIS mental health
  • SIS physical disabilities
  • sensory integration
  • technology
  • work and industry
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Primary governance bodies of AOTA

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  • board of directors
  • representative assembly
  • SIS council
  • commission on standards and ethics SEC
  • commission on practice COP
  • commission on education COE
  • affiliated state association presidents ASAP
  • accreditation council for occupational therapy education ACOTE
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AOTPAC

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American occupational therapy association political action committee

49
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To further the legislative aims of the association by influencing or attempting to influence the selection, election, or appointment of any member of the AOTA to public office

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Purpose of the AOTPAC

50
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Created in 1965 to advance the science of OT and to increase public understanding of its value

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American occupational therapy foundation AOTF

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OTJR: Occupation, Participation, and Health

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Research journal for AOTF

52
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Founded in 2002 as a separate nonprofit organization with the mission of promoting awareness on the part of the general public of OT

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The Fund to Promote Awareness of OT

53
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  • Administers the certification examination of OTs and OTAs
  • verifies certification for employers
  • investigates complaints against OT/OTAs as a means of protecting the public
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NBCOT

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What are the purposes of state OT associations?

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  • provide networking
  • continuing education and development
  • advocate profession at state level to influence licensure outcomes
  • increase public awareness of OT
  • provide opportunities for members to develop skills in leadership, interpersonal communication, management
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Ask more concrete questions related to morality

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Normative ethics

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Factually or conceptually the case, not what ethically ought to be the case

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Non-normative ethics

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Principles or rules intended to express the particular values of a group of providers and serve as guidelines for professional behavior. Help explain the profession to the people served, and serve as a code of conduct

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Professional ethics

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Why do managers need to learn about ethics?

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  • discern between ethical dilemmas

- best practice and ethical practice are linked

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How does the profession support ethical behavior?

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  • accreditation
  • state regulatory board (licensure)
  • certification (certification)
60
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Four key documents for ethics

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  • OT code of ethics
  • guidelines to the OT code of ethics
  • core values and attitudes of OTP
  • reference guide to OT code of ethics

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