Management and Administration for the OTA: Leadership and Application Skills

319 Pages·2015·3.322 MB·English

by  Karen Jacobs

E
DITOR
KAREN JACOBS, EDD, OTR/L, CPE, FAOTA
CLINICAL PROFESSOR & PROGRAM DIRECTOR
DISTANCE EDUCATION POST-PROFESSIONAL DOCTORATE IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
PROGRAM
BOSTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES: SARGENT
COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
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Management and administration for the OTA : leadership and application
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DEDICATION
To my parents, who have always been the wind beneath my wings, and to
my children and grandchildren, who help me live life to its fullest.
CONTENTS
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Editor
Contributing Authors
Foreword by Melissa J. Tilton, BS, COTA/L, ROH
Introduction

Chapter 1      Contexts and Health Care
Ann McCullough, BA
Chapter 2      Leadership and Advocacy
Sarah McKinnon, MS, OTR/L
Chapter 3      Credentialing
Karen Brady, DEd, OTR/L and Lisa Burns, PhD, OTR/L
Chapter 4      Reimbursement
Barbara Larson, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA
Chapter 5      Marketing and Promoting
Karen Jacobs, EdD, OTR/L, CPE, FAOTA
Chapter 6      Documentation and Quality Improvement
Brenda Kennell, BS, MA, OTR/L
Chapter 7      Supervision
Christi Vicino, MA, OTA/L
Chapter 8      Fieldwork
Julie Ann Nastasi, ScD, OTD, OTR/L, SCLV, FAOTA
Chapter 9      Communication Skills: Health Literacy
Nancy W. Doyle, OTD, OTR/L
Chapter 10    Ethics
Kimberly Erler, MS, OTR/L
Chapter 11    e Importance of Scholarship and Scholarly Practice for the
OTA
Linda Niemeyer, OT, PhD

Financial Disclosures
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ank you to all the authors who wrote the chapters contained in this
book. It was a pleasure working with you. Much appreciation is shared with
SLACK Incorporated, especially John, Brien, April, Kirstin, and Trevor.