PROFESSIONAL AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS 1: FOUNDATIONS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Occupational Therapy OTD Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the process of theory development in occupational therapy and its desired impact and influence on society. Audience: Graduate 2. Apply, analyze, and evaluate the interaction of occupation and activity, including areas of occupation, performance skills, performance patterns, context(s) and environments, and client factors. Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate activity analysis in areas of occupation, performance skills, performance patterns, context(s) and environments, and client factors to formulate the intervention plan. Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate knowledge of the use of technology in practice, which must include, electronic documentation systems, virtual environments, and Telehealth technology. Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate knowledge of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and AOTA Standards of Practice and use them as a guide for ethical decision making in professional interactions, client interventions, employment settings, and when confronted with personal and organizational ethical conflicts. Audience: Graduate 6. Promote occupational therapy by educating other professionals, service providers, consumers, third-party payers, regulatory bodies, and the public. Audience: Graduate 7. Apply, analyze, and evaluate scientific evidence, theories, models of practice, and frames of reference that underlie the practice of occupational therapy to guide and inform interventions for persons, groups, and populations in a variety of practice contexts and environments. Audience: Graduate 8. Demonstrate clinical reasoning to evaluate, analyze, diagnose, and provide occupation- based interventions to address client factors, performance patterns, and performance skills. Audience: Graduate 9. Analyze and evaluate occupational therapy history, philosophical base, theory, and sociopolitical climate and their importance in meeting society’s current and future occupational needs as well as how these factors influence and are influenced by practice. Audience: Graduate 10. Identify and evaluate the systems and structures that create federal and state legislation and regulations and their implications and effects on persons, groups, and populations, as well as practice and policy. Audience: Graduate 11. Provide care and programs that demonstrate knowledge of applicable national requirements for credentialing and requirements for licensure, certification, or registration consistent with federal and state laws. Audience: Graduate 12. Demonstrate knowledge of how the role of a professional is enhanced by participating and engaging in local, national, and international leadership positions in organizations or agencies. Audience: Graduate 13. Identify and develop strategies for ongoing professional development to ensure that practice is consistent with current and accepted standards. Audience: Graduate 14. Explain to consumers, potential employers, colleagues, third-party payers, regulatory boards, policymakers, and the general public the distinct nature of occupation and the evidence that occupation supports performance, participation, health, and well-being. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the process of theory development in occupational therapy and its desired impact and influence on society. Audience: Graduate 2. Apply, analyze, and evaluate the interaction of occupation and activity, including areas of occupation, performance skills, performance patterns, context(s) and environments, and client factors. Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate activity analysis in areas of occupation, performance skills, performance patterns, context(s) and environments, and client factors to formulate the intervention plan. Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate knowledge of the use of technology in practice, which must include, electronic documentation systems, virtual environments, and Telehealth technology. Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate knowledge of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and AOTA Standards of Practice and use them as a guide for ethical decision making in professional interactions, client interventions, employment settings, and when confronted with personal and organizational ethical conflicts. Audience: Graduate 6. Promote occupational therapy by educating other professionals, service providers, consumers, third-party payers, regulatory bodies, and the public. Audience: Graduate 7. Apply, analyze, and evaluate scientific evidence, theories, models of practice, and frames of reference that underlie the practice of occupational therapy to guide and inform interventions for persons, groups, and populations in a variety of practice contexts and environments. Audience: Graduate 8. Demonstrate clinical reasoning to evaluate, analyze, diagnose, and provide occupation- based interventions to address client factors, performance patterns, and performance skills. Audience: Graduate 9. Analyze and evaluate occupational therapy history, philosophical base, theory, and sociopolitical climate and their importance in meeting society’s current and future occupational needs as well as how these factors influence and are influenced by practice. Audience: Graduate 10. Identify and evaluate the systems and structures that create federal and state legislation and regulations and their implications and effects on persons, groups, and populations, as well as practice and policy. Audience: Graduate 11. Provide care and programs that demonstrate knowledge of applicable national requirements for credentialing and requirements for licensure, certification, or registration consistent with federal and state laws. Audience: Graduate 12. Demonstrate knowledge of how the role of a professional is enhanced by participating and engaging in local, national, and international leadership positions in organizations or agencies. Audience: Graduate 13. Identify and develop strategies for ongoing professional development to ensure that practice is consistent with current and accepted standards. Audience: Graduate 14. Explain to consumers, potential employers, colleagues, third-party payers, regulatory boards, policymakers, and the general public the distinct nature of occupation and the evidence that occupation supports performance, participation, health, and well-being. Audience: Graduate