Management and Leadership in OT. 3 Credit Hours

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This course is a study of political, economic, legal, and ethical factors that impact the healthcare system and occupational therapy practice. Students will analyze various approaches to management and supervision in the profession and the community. Through exposure to current knowledge and case scenarios students identify and demonstrate techniques of supervision and collaboration with occupational therapy assistants and other professionals concerning therapeutic interventions. Students are challenged to develop strategies for effective, competency-based legal and ethical supervision of occupational therapy and non-occupational therapy personnel. Students use self-assessments to evaluate personal and professional abilities and competencies as they relate to job responsibilities and interpret these to develop plans for improvement of personal management skills. Students are then challenged to analyze current policy issues and the social, economic, political, geographic, and demographic factors that influence the various contexts for practice of occupational therapy to select effective models of service delivery and understand their potential effect on the practice of occupational therapy.