Professional and Leadership Skills 2: Effective Interprofessional Relationships

What you’ll be able to do

• Demonstrate knowledge of various reimbursement systems and funding mechanisms (e.g., federal, state, third party, private payer), appeals mechanisms, treatment/diagnosis codes (e.g., CPT®, ICD, DSM® codes), and coding and documentation requirements that affect consumers and the practice of occupational therapy. Documentation must effectively communicate the need and rationale for occupational therapy services.

• Demonstrate therapeutic use of self, including one’s personality, insights, perceptions, and judgments, as part of the therapeutic process in both individual and group interaction.

• Identify occupational needs through effective communication with patients, families, communities, and members of the interprofessional team in a responsive and responsible manner that supports a team approach to the promotion of health and wellness.

• Demonstrate, evaluate, and utilize the principles of the teaching–learning process using educational methods and health literacy education approaches; to design activities and clinical training for persons, groups, and populations and to instruct and train the client, caregiver, family, significant others, and communities at the level of the audience.

• Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of interprofessional team dynamics to perform effectively in different team roles to plan, deliver, and evaluate patient- and population- centered care as well as population health programs and policies that are safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable.

• Demonstrate effective intraprofessional OT/OTA collaboration to identify the role of the occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistant in the screening and evaluation process and to demonstrate and identify techniques in skills of supervision and collaboration with occupational therapy assistants.

• Develop strategies for effective, competency-based legal and ethical supervision of occupational therapy and non–occupational therapy personnel. Analyze staff development and professional abilities and competencies of supervised staff as they relate to job responsibilities.

Source: UW Guide