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Karen . Ed(S): Jacobs - Management and Administration for the Ota - 9781630910655 - V9781630910655
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Management and Administration for the Ota

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Description for Management and Administration for the Ota Paperback. Editor(s): Jacobs, Karen. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBPM; MQT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.

Comprehensive skills in management, administration, and leadership are essential for occupational therapy assistants (OTA) in their daily interactions with their clients in various health care environments.

Inside Management and Administration for the OTA: Leadership and Application Skills, Dr. Karen Jacobs has gathered an expert team of 11 contributors of clinicians, academicians, administrators, managers, and graduate students to address each of the ACOTE Standards with a focus on evidence-based literature and examples of the leadership and management skills needed as an OTA.

What you will learn from Management and Administration for the OTA:

  • Contexts and Health Care—the potential impact ... Read more
  • Leadership and Advocacy—two important roles that OTAs need to assume to be agents of change
  • Credentialing—introduces the national requirements for credentialing and for licensure, certification or registration under state laws
  • Reimbursement—the various reimbursement systems requirements that affect the practice of occupational therapy
  • Marketing and Promoting—The role of the OTA to promote the distinct value of occupational therapy to the public, as well as other professionals, service providers, consumers, third-party payers, and regulatory bodies
  • Documentation and Quality Improvement—to ensure the OTA provides the highest quality of occupational therapy services
  • Supervision—to understand the important relationship between the OTA, the OT, and nonprofessional personnel
  • Fieldwork—to understand the role, criteria, and components of the OTA in fieldwork education
  • Communication Skills—define health literacy and discuss how to use this concept to better understand the client, the client’s health environment, and the client’s occupations and health activities
  • Ethics—explore the components of ethics that impact the delivery of occupational therapy and the foundational skills and knowledge needed by the OTA to maintain high standards of responsible, ethical practice
  • Scholarship and Scholarly Practice—assists the OTA with how to articulate the importance of how scholarly activities and the evidence-based literature contribute to the distinct value and advancement of occupational therapy

The chapters of Management and Administration for the OTA: Leadership and Application Skills also includes 5 key vocabulary terms and their definitions, case examples relevant to the content, website resources, and multiple choice review questions.

Included with the text are online supplemental materials for faculty use in the classroom.

Straightforward, comprehensive, and user-friendly, Management and Administration for the OTA: Leadership and Application Skills will provide OTA students and clinicians with an essential resource for their future success.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
SLACK Incorporated United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Thorofare, United States
ISBN
9781630910655
SKU
V9781630910655
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-2

About Karen . Ed(S): Jacobs
Karen Jacobs, EdD, OTR/L, CPE, FAOTA, is a clinical professor of occupational therapy and the program director of the online post-professional doctorate in occupational therapy program at Boston University. She has worked at Boston University for 31 years and has expertise in the development and instruction of online graduate courses.Karen earned a doctoral degree at the University of Massachusetts, a ... Read more

Reviews for Management and Administration for the Ota
“This is an excellent tool for teaching OTA students… the way it is written works very well for OTA educators, especially with the ACOTE standards at the beginning of each chapter. This book is excellent on many levels. I was so impressed I will be using it for my OTA students next semester.” - Kay Blose, MOT, OTR/L, ... Read more

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