http://otconnections.aota.org/search/?o=DateDescending&tag=emerging+leaders,work,chairperson,OT+Practice&orTags=0Search resultsen-US7.x Productionhttp://otconnections.aota.org/Public_Forums/f/101/p/16643/122501.aspx#122501Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:47:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:122501damini/Public_Forums/f/101/p/16643/122501.aspx#122501 Since level I FW does not require an OTR to supervise an OTS --even another discipline can (ACOTE Standards),  an OTA can provide supervision. This is different for level II of course. If your facility or state has a different rule for some reason, that would be the rule to follow... -----Original Message----- From: Lindsey bounce-lcraig1@aota.org To: otainfo otainfo@aota.org Sent: Tue, Jun 18, 2013 7:33 pm Subject: [otainfo] Can a COTA supervise a level I OTR student? Can a COTA with over a year of experience supervise a level I OTR student?  I think the answer is yes but I can't seem to find the answer written clearly anywhere.   http://otconnections.aota.org/Public_Forums/f/101/t/16643.aspxTue, 18 Jun 2013 23:32:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:16643lcraig1/Public_Forums/f/101/t/16643.aspx1 Can a COTA with over a year of experience supervise a level I OTR student?  I think the answer is yes but I can't seem to find the answer written clearly anywhere.   http://otconnections.aota.org/more_groups/advocacy_and_leadership/research_news_and_resources/f/7203/p/16599/122500.aspx#122500Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:46:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:122500Dudgeon/more_groups/advocacy_and_leadership/research_news_and_resources/f/7203/p/16599/122500.aspx#122500 Grant Reviewer on Sections/Boards for Research Grants: 2013 (April)       MAB-Mackay Rehabilitation Center Salary Award Scientific Review Process, Visual Impairment and Communication Disorders Program, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2006 (Aug)        National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Ad Hoc Reviewer, Mobility and Wayfinding Technology for Individuals with Blindness and Low Vision Beth Barstow PhD, OTR/L, SCLV Assistant Professor Department of Occupational Therapy The University of Alabama at Birmingham 1720 2nd Avenue South, SHPB 348 Birmingham AL 35294 (205)934-7321 http://otconnections.aota.org/Public_Forums/f/79/p/16641/122499.aspx#122499Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:01:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:122499damini/Public_Forums/f/79/p/16641/122499.aspx#122499 Hi , Kinesiotape in not a PAM (by definition), however it is a preparatory method as described by the Framework. Although the PAMs paper does not apply exactly, I would say that many of the points of that document do apply (and are found throughout AOTA documents)--for example, you should never do something that you are not competent administering and should always have the patient's safey as the top priority. -----Original Message----- From: hopecaracci bounce-hopecaracci@aota.org To: general general@aota.org Sent: Tue, Jun 18, 2013 9:01 am Subject: [general] PAM Position Statement Good day, Is Kinesiotape considered a Physical Agent Modality?  Would the PAM AOTA position statement apply to the use of K-tape in OT practice? http://otconnections.aota.org/Public_Forums/f/79/p/9285/122498.aspx#122498Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:57:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:122498cjalterio/Public_Forums/f/79/p/9285/122498.aspx#122498 I am not going to bang this drum all day - I promise - but this is precisely the debate I am wanting to have.  I have already received my first email asking me if I had pre-knowledge of Dr. Iwama's topic - and I will state publicly that I did not. I am just a guy who owns a clinic in Buffalo, NY who has a computer and reads and thinks about his profession.  I am concerned about this because it directly impacts the work I do in my clinic every day.  I have no other agenda or interest other than this reality. Again, I am not against public health initiatives - I think they are all important and I think they impact us all in very direct ways.  I just don't think that OT should attempt to re-define itself as a public health profession and I feel very uncomfortable when people start talking about our 'preoccupation' with the individual. It is my hypothesis that some people are so separated from everyday practice that they no longer know what happens in health care settings and what the vast majority of practicing clinicians actually do.  We are not a profession of advocates.  Sure - advocacy is important - but it has never defined our role. This kind of thinking directly informs this thread about how social justice got inserted into our Code of Ethics and also supports the hypothesis that there are academic forces in our profession that are looking toward re-defining the very essence of what we do every day. Christopher J. Alterio, Dr.OT, OTR http://otconnections.aota.org/Public_Forums/f/79/p/9285/122497.aspx#122497Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:08:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:122497cjalterio/Public_Forums/f/79/p/9285/122497.aspx#122497 Almost on cue, we have this to consider from our colleagues who have just kicked off the British Association of Occupational Therapists conference.  This is currently being discussed, apparently just introduced in their plenary session - by Michael Iwama.  If you are interested, follow the Twitter stream at #cot2013 I am seeing some interesting Tweets as I type this - "We need to go beyond the preoccupation with the individual" and "OTs should get more involved in public health." If this does not support my assertion then I am not sure what does. Christopher J. Alterio, Dr.OT, OTR http://otconnections.aota.org/Public_Forums/f/79/p/9285/122496.aspx#122496Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:122496claudot/Public_Forums/f/79/p/9285/122496.aspx#122496 Yes, I can see some benefit to addressing the expanding participation of OT practitioners who work in academia vs. clinical practice within leadership roles in AOTA, and the potential for divergence between the general membership and the leadership because of this...but as this topic is also one that has been proposed to have influenced the development and inclusion of Principle 4 into the Code of Ethics, the dialog is also pertinent here as well.   Can we/should we dialog on both topics separately, recognizing that the conversations are mutually linked?    Also remembering that I sometimes have trouble chewing gum and walking at the same time, I am willing to give it a try.   Claudette       From:  Brent Howard Braveman, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Sent:  ‎June‎ ‎18‎, ‎2013 ‎8‎:‎14‎ ‎AM To:  general@aota.org Subject:  RE: [general] Motion 2 Ethics Revision- Social Justice   Claudette and Chris, I am very interested in the topics raised about the influence of academia on our professional association and of what constitutes "practice" and various ways practice can be conceptualized and described. Would it be reasonable to pull those topics out of this discussion thread and pursue the topics separately? Brent   http://otconnections.aota.org/Public_Forums/f/79/p/9285/122495.aspx#122495Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:05:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:122495cjalterio/Public_Forums/f/79/p/9285/122495.aspx#122495 Sure, Brent - but my own interest in those topics relates to the matters at hand.  I think one of my primary interests in the 'practice' issue relates to wishing to provide a context for my opinions in this thread.  Still, I don't mind having the conversation on top of another pixel somewhere.   As to the academics issue, I also think that it informs the conversation here - and as Claudette expressed so clearly (her economy with words exceeds mine, I think) it also points to the hypothesis of whether or not the social justice issue would have been raised if we did not have academic interest as strong as it is. Still conversation is conversation; that is my primary value even if it makes some of our social justice thread mildly discontinuous.  I am not anticipating that this social justice thread and conversation will be disappearing anytime soon, even if we engage ancillary topics elsewhere, so that is fine with me! Christopher J. Alterio, Dr.OT, OTR http://otconnections.aota.org/Public_Forums/f/79/t/16641.aspxTue, 18 Jun 2013 13:01:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:16641hopecaracci/Public_Forums/f/79/t/16641.aspx1 Good day, Is Kinesiotape considered a Physical Agent Modality?  Would the PAM AOTA position statement apply to the use of K-tape in OT practice? http://otconnections.aota.org/Public_Forums/f/79/p/9285/122494.aspx#122494Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:14:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:122494brentbraveman/Public_Forums/f/79/p/9285/122494.aspx#122494 Claudette and Chris, I am very interested in the topics raised about the influence of academia on our professional association and of what constitutes "practice" and various ways practice can be conceptualized and described. Would it be reasonable to pull those topics out of this discussion thread and pursue the topics separately? Brent http://otconnections.aota.org/Public_Forums/f/79/p/9285/122493.aspx#122493Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:07:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:122493brentbraveman/Public_Forums/f/79/p/9285/122493.aspx#122493 Alex, I do not wish to address the topic of the student membership circles because I do not feel as I have anything substantive to contribute beyond personal impressions and opinion. Brent http://otconnections.aota.org/Public_Forums/f/7813/p/16507/122491.aspx#122491Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:10:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:122491Jkirschke/Public_Forums/f/7813/p/16507/122491.aspx#122491 Hey Matthew,     Here is my typical day at a SNF: Show up between 6:30-9:30 (different for each facility), get my schedule, see who could be a co-tx. I try to plan out who I'm going to be seen when. I usually start with my eval pt's or those with appointments later in the day. Then I just go do it. I usually save the last hour for documentation. Everyone is different though.  I understand the dilemma of starting in a practice area that you weren't originally interested in. I never thought I would enjoy SNF's, but as a traveler which has most of their placements at SNF's, I have found something unique and enjoyable in it. Like I said earlier, each place is unique. Not all places have as many MedA pt's as you would like, but it really gives you a chance to fine tune your skills with MedB's. That's just my opinion. Give SNF's a chance and go into it with an open mind. Nothing is forever. Look at it as an enriching experience only furthering your skills and knowledge base as a practitioner.  Oh and there are so many types of pt's you will see. Stroke, TBI, COPD exacerbation, amputees, ortho (hips/knees), dementia... a diverse population. Basically individuals who can't tolerate 3 hours or have given their best shot at inpt and need less intense therapy.  Hope this helps! http://otconnections.aota.org/Public_Forums/f/79/p/9285/122490.aspx#122490Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:15:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:122490alejandroduran/Public_Forums/f/79/p/9285/122490.aspx#122490 Caustic or True :                 Since you called my email caustic, I’m wondering if you have the consideration to acknowledge some of the truth of my examples in the post about evading facts and questions. One of these was that I asked Dr. Toto why she voted against the motion and got no answer. The second example was regarding Helen Kirkpatrick’s suggestion that social justice was not an issue for other boards. She not only failed to respond to Dr. Alterio’s research on the matter, she failed to answer my own question regarding whether she had done any research on the matter before she made the suggestion. Don’t these examples substantiate my claim about the social justice supporters evading facts and questions?                The third example had to do with Kathy’s experience with an Ethics Commission member at the conference. Here you have accurately contradicted the Ethics Commission member who accused Dr. Alterio of being a trouble-maker and engaging in vicious attacks on OTConnections. You know very well that he such descriptions cannot be applied to him. But what I want to ask you is if you think the Ethics Commission violated Principle 7 of the Code of Ethics when in response to a letter from Dr. Alterio the Ethics Commission investigated itself and found itself to have acted in a professional manner. Recall that Principle 7 forbids acts that create even the perception of a conflict of interest. I don’t think being a member of the Board of Directors should be a reason for evading this question. I think principled leadership requires leaders to publicly stand for principles.  The should do this even when one of their own has erred.           I would also like to know whether you think that my experience with Dr. Theresa Smith of Towson University substantiates my claim that occupational therapy has a defective culture as it regards philosophical diversity. Recall that I merely sent her an invitation to my table where I was promoting a reading project. Her response was that I should find another profession. The invitation is the same as the one I posted in this forum except that I stated I was a student. Isn’t Dr. Smith an instantiation of what I have been claiming all along?           Also, what do you think about Dr. Reed’s post to these forums? Would you defend her three arguments for keeping the social justice requirement in the Code of Ethics ? Or do they represent limited and flawed knowledge on the matters she was overseeing as chair?           Finally, what do you think of Dr. Hemphill’s ghost-like tenure as chair of the Ethics Commission? Did Dr. Hemphill act responsibly by posting Dr. Reed’s statements? Has she acted like a principled leader now by washing her hands of her posting of Dr. Reed's message?           Perhaps it is caustic to state that the last two chairs of the Ethics Commission demonstrated limited and flawed knowledge of social justice as well as poor judgment in the exercise of their duties, but is it true?  http://otconnections.aota.org/Public_Forums/f/79/p/9285/122489.aspx#122489Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:07:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:122489alejandroduran/Public_Forums/f/79/p/9285/122489.aspx#122489 The Relevance of Forced Membership To Dr. Braveman,           You state that the AOTA Student Circle membership program “ is not a topic of discussion I wish to address. ” I looked up the program and found that this is not a program directed at students, but to the “Program Director” at universities. Can you let us know why you do not wish to discuss it? If not, I think it is a warranted inference that you do not want to discuss it because promoting forced membership reflects poorly on AOTA. The numbers you gave – roughly 30% of AOTA are student members with roughly 50 thousand total members – means that student membership accounts for about a million dollars a year in revenue. It would be interesting to know how much of that money comes from forced memberships.           The information on forced membership is relevant as it applies to the Code of Ethics and how the leadership’s practices may conflict with the values therein . Here I remind the forum of the words of Ms. Deborah Slater and her co-author that:             “ The hallmark of a profession is the development of ethics standards that make a statement to the public about the values the profession considers important ” ( The Occupational Therapy Manager 5 th Ed, p. 474).              Forced membership is relevant to seeing just what actual ethics standards are in place by the leadership and thus what statement it is making to the public about the values the profession considers important. It is a piece of information relevant to members in deciding whether the leadership is leading as it ought to. I think that a program of forced membership makes a shambles of the Code of Ethics . Let me give some examples:               Around the time of the original discussion here in 2011, I started my website uscindoctrination.com. One of the first things posted there was a letter I wrote to my department chair and AOTA president Dr. Clark, where I pointed out that her position as AOTA president and her forcing us to join AOTA represented a conflict of interest that harmed students (see uscotindoctrination.com under tab titled “Letters” for letter “Why I Started My Website.” Since I wrote that letter, I’ve learned about Principle 7 Subsections E and F of the Code of Ethics , which prohibit doing things that create a real or even a perceived conflict of interest.                Principle 7 Subsection H also prohibits exploiting human resources for personal gain. For professors/administrators to make students members of an organization where the students will then be in a position to vote for or support institutional initiatives of the administrator/professor who has a leadership position in AOTA is a form of exploiting students for personal gain.                On top of that, Principle 7 Subsection B requires members to preserve, safeguard and respect private information of students. My AOTA membership number is private information, but I am forced to turn it over to the university and I do not know how they use that information. That is hardly respectful of my private information. I would also like to know if AOTA is giving USC my information to verify membership.                  Principles 6 Subsections B and F require members to refrain from using misleading or deceptive claims. Not distinguishing between forced and voluntary membership is misleading and deceptive. A forced Gold Member is not a member in the sense that other members who voluntarily joined are members. It is deceitful to sell it as if they are the same. It is also incredibly degrading at USC to be thanked for “ participating ” in the “ circle” because we “ recognized the power ” of AOTA. What we did was recognize the power of a department that would not let us graduate because we did not meet a requirement.                  You say that you “ do not have access to data related to the AOTA Student Circle membership program. ” I understand that this information may not be in your computer right now, but, are you saying that you CANNOT email someone in AOTA and ask for that information as you asked for the statistics on the conference information? http://otconnections.aota.org/Public_Forums/f/79/p/9285/122488.aspx#122488Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:01:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:122488alejandroduran/Public_Forums/f/79/p/9285/122488.aspx#122488 Hi Dr. Braveman,              Thank you for responding. I think part of the problem lies in your Saturday June 15 post at 11:36 A.M., where in the first paragraph, you wrote:             “ Attendance at annual conference is a pretty good cross representation of our profession ” (emphasis added).              Note that you are referring here to the “ profession, ” which I understand refers to all involved in occupational therapy as students, professors, and practitioners  in the country , and not just the AOTA membership. The next sentence from that post is the one I quoted:               “ Attendees are not disproportionately students. ”               Next is the issue of what I wrote. I should have added the phrase “ in the country ” as I do here when I wrote, after quoting you, that “ Perhaps if we totaled up the number of people [in the country] who are either professors, practitioners, managers and students and found that out of this group 25% are students [then we can say student attendees are not disproportionate to the attendance at the conference.] ” Whether or not it was fair to expect you to keep in mind the exact context of your recent sentence in light of all the long posts, it was, nonetheless, poor writing on my part to exclude the phrase “ in the country. ” The reason it was poor writing is that we do write for all members in the forum when we post, so context should have been specified. I am sorry I did not use the phrase “ in the country ” to specify context.              My reference was to the total number in the “ profession, ” not just AOTA members. And I should also ask you to clarify when you referred to our “ profession ” in the sentence I quoted above whether you meant the entire profession, or if you just meant AOTA’s membership.           I will address some other parts of your email separately. Alex http://otconnections.aota.org/Public_Forums/f/101/t/16639.aspxTue, 18 Jun 2013 00:38:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:16639mscota/Public_Forums/f/101/t/16639.aspx0 So I'm 20 years old and I just accepted to the OTA program at my school Adventist University of Health Sciences. I am so excited to start the program and to be part of such an amazing field that I am in love with. I started college right after high school  and at first I didn't know what my true passion was. After praying about it a lot and thinking about it a lot, I realized that the OT field was the best fit for me. I mean I love everything about it, I love that I will be able to make a difference in people's lives by restoring their functional ability, help their regain independence and I also love the fact that unlike other branches of the medical field like nursing, OT doesn't have to deal with blood, giving shots and life and death situations.   But anyways, I have a few questions as far as advancements in the field. I am from Orlando, my family is from there as well so I definitely want to attend a school close to home and the school that I go to has both the OTA and the MOT program. I applied to the OTA program because it will allow me to join the field in the quickest amount of time without the long process of waiting to get my bachelors for two more years, then take the GRE and God forbid I don't get accepted to the MOT program, it would have been a waste of time. Not to mention MOT programs are very expensive, I already have loans but I should pay those with no problems when I become an OTA so in my opinion, I think it was pretty smart of me to do OTA instead of MOT because it's certainly a good backup plan. I also heard that OTAs work more with the patients while MOTs do more paperwork and evaluations. When I'm done with the OTA program, I plan to work full time and maybe complete my bachelors degree in management and supervision online. Later on, it is possible that I will go for my MOT but I just want to go into the field and decide what to do based on my own experience of OTA vs OTR but I think either one of these two professions is a very amazing and rewarding career Getting to the point, my question is for current OTA or OT practitioners, are there any opportunities for career advancement for OTAs without the need of more education. Can an OTA obtain a supervisory position without having a bachelors degree or are supervisory positions mainly for OTRs. http://otconnections.aota.org/Public_Forums/f/7894/p/16622/122485.aspx#122485Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:55:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:122485amyers5/Public_Forums/f/7894/p/16622/122485.aspx#122485 Excellent questions Andrew. Please note for further discussion I've attached a Microsoft Word Handout from my presentation to give insight as to the content of the talk. You will notice it is very much specific to my facility and the population we work with. The bullets are filled with case examples and specific treatments/assessments used on the unit as well as a walk through of the evaluations I complete with individual patients. The basic outline is theory, evaluations (looking at the patient through an “occupational lens”), treatments, specific assessments and lastly tying this all into discharge planning and team dynamics. Barriers experienced were only during the initial phases of implementing this in-service due to staff resistance to having “another mandatory” event to attend. The key to following through with this was gaining support from my supervisor and making it a part of the already occurring monthly meetings for staff. I also held a specialty in-service for the social workers to go more in-depth on discharge planning and how we can assist one another. This has resulted in nursing, social work, physician assistants’, and the medical students (standard monthly in-service) cueing me into patient’s occupational needs or areas of concern before I have a chance to review the chart, allowing those conversations of occupational performance, safety, and competency to occur early and often. Steps I’ve taken to develop and apply the principles learned from conducting these in-services are included within my proposal to present at the 2014 AOTA Annual Conference and the 2013 Maryland Occupational Therapy Association (MOTA) Conference. I am focusing on the development, format, and benefits of “Inter-organizational forums” amongst occupational therapists to (a) advance the application of evidence-based principles to practice, (b) increase opportunities for collaboration amongst researchers, educators, and clinicians, and of course (c) empower occupational therapists to advocate and educate others on their roles within their respective institution. I have also initiated the “Tri-State Occupational Therapy Forum” where occupational therapists (researchers, educators, clinicians, and AOTA reps) specializing in mental health from Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia have a chance to gather and simply learn from and support one another as we each seek to promote occupational therapy in our respective institutions and states. http://otconnections.aota.org/Public_Forums/f/7894/p/16622/122483.aspx#122483Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:43:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:122483amyers5/Public_Forums/f/7894/p/16622/122483.aspx#122483 (Please visit the site to view this file) http://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/ot_blogs/b/meridian_career_assistance/archive/2012/11/20/new-graduates-heed-my-advice.aspxMon, 17 Jun 2013 21:02:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:27345priccihttp://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/ot_blogs/b/meridian_career_assistance/archive/2012/11/20/new-graduates-heed-my-advice.aspx Does a recent COTA graduate in Pennsylvania with no experience need a years experience to work in homecare ? http://otconnections.aota.org/more_groups/advocacy_and_leadership/research_news_and_resources/f/7203/p/16599/122482.aspx#122482Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:51:00 GMT9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:122482Dudgeon/more_groups/advocacy_and_leadership/research_news_and_resources/f/7203/p/16599/122482.aspx#122482 Mary Warren PhD, OTR/L, SCLV, FAOTA Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy Director, Graduate Certificate in Low Vision Rehabilitation Co-Director, UAB Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation University of Alabama at Birmingham Technical Reviewer: Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program for an intelligent online eye evaluation system, May, 2007. Reviewer: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Technology Assessment on Vision Rehabilitation Services. 2004