OZARKS TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Report of Minutes
Advisory Committee:
Occupational Therapy Assistant Program
Date, Time, and Room of Meeting: April 23, 2008
Members Present:
Ginger Ulesich
Sandra Ferguson
Karen Lassman-Eul
Lori Brown
Rick Pankiewicz
Becky Jenkins
Annette Evans
Steve Bishop
Kathy Perkins
Absent:
Dianna Edmonds
Lee Clark
Tara Boehne
I. Introductions
II. Review of Previous Minutes
III. Meeting Agenda
A. Current items to be discussed.
1.
Intro of participants
2.
Old business – Blackboard – Community Needs Assessment
3.
New business – Adjunct positions – new student interviews – new
standards form, ACOTE
4.
Other business needs to discuss
5.
Next meeting and Fieldwork Education Program
6.
Adjournment
Item # 2
Recommendation:
Blackboard startup – All members have been sent
Blackboard link. Becky will develop site and e-mail members when content is ready. Becky
also will check on member access to LRC databases.
Rationale: Committee members can meet two times per year, but utilize Blackboard
between meetings.
Item #3
Recommendation:
Adjunct positions for Spring and Fall – Adult
development and Pediatric; both include lab – possibly could be split. E-mail info on
positions to committee. OTA interviews will take place the last week of June. Volunteers
needed. Interview dates and times to be announced via e-mail.
Item #3
Recommendation:
Standards Review: B.1.3, B.1.8, B.1.9, B.2.6,
B.2.9, B.2.11, B.4.5, B.5.3. What skills, attitudes, or knowledge would be required of an
OTA in your setting regarding this standard? (See attached worksheet.) Post two at a
time on Blackboard to answer with one week for each two questions.
Rationale: Standards review conducted so that program is meeting accreditation
requirements, as well as community needs for OTAs. Objectives to be written after
Standard review.
Item #2:
Recommendation:
Results of advisory Community Needs Assessment
passed out to members. Results summarized with potential action/discussion for future
committee meetings outlined.
Rationale:
Item #4:
Recommendation:
Fieldwork Assessment Survey passed out to
members by AFC, Annette Evans. Surveys can be returned by e-mail, mail, or fax.
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Rationale:
IV.
Item:
Item:
Item:
Item:
Status of Pending Items
Post standards two at a time on Blackboard for one week at a time. Becky
Jenkins will post.
LRC access to databases: in progress (Becky Jenkins)
Interviews and adjunct positions to be posted by Becky Jenkins.
Members completing FW survey – results discussed at next meeting.
V.
Next meeting Date
June 11, 2008, 5:30 p.m., Lincoln Hall, third floor
conference room
VI.
Next meeting Agenda.
A.
Items to be discussed at next meeting.
1.
Continuation of standards discussion
2.
FW survey results
Standard B.1.3. Demonstrate competence in basic computer use, including the ability to use databases and search
engines to access information, word processing for writing, and presentation software (e.g., PowerPoint).
(Prereq CIS 101, Word, Excel), laptops, notebooks, checking e-mail, search engines to look for AT games, St.
John’s Clinics-Physician Clinic paperless, Medline
What skills, attitudes, or knowledge would be required of an OTA in your setting regarding this
standard?
AT-adaptation of Word, schools – all computer – SNF – paperless, excel for reports, (survey monkey)
Standard B.1.8. Articulate the influence of social conditions and the ethical context in which humans choose and
engage in occupations.
What skills, attitudes, or knowledge would be required of an OTA in your setting regarding this
standard?
Buddhism, socioeconomic, Mexicans, multiple Amish/Vietnamese; how culture perceives healthcare
Screening tools: food choices, healthcare choices
Social Services covers – family activity and roles – find an interpreter; how to use an interpreter
AT&T language line
Standard B.1.9. Demonstrate knowledge of global social issues and prevailing health and welfare needs.
Current events, search engine skill, overseas healthcare
What skills, attitudes, or knowledge would be required of an OTA in your setting regarding this
standard?
Investigating other healthcare systems, LTC how healthcare coverage works
Standard B.2.6. Analyze the effects of physical and mental health, heritable diseases and predisposing genetic
conditions, disability, disease processes, and traumatic injury to the individual within the cultural context of
family and society on occupational performance.
Interview communication skills
What skills, attitudes, or knowledge would be required of an OTA in your setting regarding this
standard?
Open-ended questions (not leading); judgmental attitudes, case study, grief process, stages of family
Standard B.2.9. Express support for the quality of life, well-being, and occupation of the individual, group, or
population to promote physical and mental health and prevention of injury and disease considering the context
(e.g., cultural, physical, social, personal, spiritual, temporal, virtual).
Schools can’t address spiritual , community mobility paid for or not?, knowing cultural taboos: ONR-can
take
What skills, attitudes, or knowledge would be required of an OTA in your setting regarding this
standard?
Assess and pick things up; cooking groups, multicultural food
Standard B.2.11. Apply models of occupational performance and theories of occupation.
What skills, attitudes, or knowledge would be required of an OTA in your setting regarding this
standard?
Integrates knowledge and applies – functional use of models if one doesn’t work
Standard B.4.5. Identify when to recommend to the occupational therapist the need for referring clients for
additional evaluation.
Communication skills: talking to supervisors
What skills, attitudes, or knowledge would be required of an OTA in your setting regarding this
standard?
Observation skills, initial eval, Why would I do a coordination test? What information will I get from it?
Tony Linder’s play based assessment, videos
Standard B.5.3. Provide therapeutic use of occupation and activities (e.g., occupation-based activity, practice
skills, preparatory methods).
Make therapeutic activity from scraps
What skills, attitudes, or knowledge would be required of an OTA in your setting regarding this
standard?
Focus on skill rather than activity: make the jump to what gets paid; meaning – palliative, bring things
back to interdisciplinary, payment finances: justification
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