ISSUES & TRENDS IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICE DELIVERY

Catalog description

This course offers students conceptual and practical knowledge and skills required to plan and manage the delivery of evidence- and occupation-based occupational therapy services that are efficacious and cost-effective throughout the lifespan. Problem- and case-based learning will challenge students to examine the impact federal legislation and healthcare policy have on occupational therapy service delivery. Political, social, economic, ethical, legal, and demographic factors and trends that influence healthcare will be explored.