Florida Occupational Therapy Association
Board Meeting Reporting Form
Name: Ricardo C. Carrasco
FOTA Position: Practice Standing Committee (PSC) Coordinator
Date report submitted: September 28, 2015
Date of Board meeting: October 15, 2015
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Highlight the FOTA activities conducted or task accomplished since the
last FOTA Board meeting or since assuming your FOTA position.
 SIS Chairs reviewed FOTA proposal submissions
 PSC Coordinator reviewed and edited articles for the Summer 2015
FOCUS issue
 Collaborating with new FOCUS Editor, Dr. Kurt Hubbard on
upcoming issue/s
 Conducted an electronic poll on action plans for the revised Strategic
Plan (relevant portion featured below with the corresponding action
plan and motion to create two ad hoc groups, one for Continuing
Education and another for Partnerships) to include:
Continuing Education
Maximize opportunities
for evidence-based
practice, lifelong learning,
scholarship sanctioned as
continuing education
courses by the
Association.
Offer a combination of faceto-face and online
continuing education
opportunities taught by
reputable faculty
Vice President and
Practice Standing
Committee Chair
o Continuing Education Action Plan: Motion to assemble a Continuing
Education ad hoc group comprising highlighted leadership in the SP, but
add Treasurer and additional SIS Chairs or invited/volunteer memberss to
develop a program of continuing education delivered using face-to-face
and online, or a combination of both depending on course and faculty. To
do this,
 Partner with one or more educational programs that can host the
online and face-to-face courses
 Conduct a cost analysis
 Design a marketing plan
11/2014
 Generate a list of topics/courses
 Recruit qualified and reputable faculty
Partnerships
Long Term Goal
Build and maintain a
positive presence in the
medical and community
agencies
Build and maintain a
positive relationship
between FOTA and the
OT/OTA programs
Build and maintain a
positive presence with
consumers of
occupational therapy
Short Term Goal
Responsibility
Target
Date
Create at least one
partnership between FOTA
and external agency
annually
Engage members with
influence who serve in
external agencies to work
with FOTA
Create opportunities such
as, but not limited to
community service for the
purpose of growing
mentoring relationships
among students and
occupational therapy
practitioners
Create FOTA liaison
opportunities between
students and clinicians for
the purpose of partnered
research projects
Activate the member
specialist database
Board & Practice
Standing Committee &
RR
11/2015
Practice Standing
Committee & RR
11//2015
Membership, Practice
Standing Committee &
RR
11/2015
Membership, Practice
Standing Committee
(sp. Research SIS) &
RR
11/2015
Member Concerns &
Webmaster
6/2015
Seek ways to collaborate
and support consumers of
occupational therapy
Practice Standing
Committee & RR
11/2015
Partnership Themes & Action Plan: Form an ad hoc group with one or two FOTA
members who are not in the current leadership roster to address the following themes
from this section
1. Partnership with Agencies
2. Partnership with Members with Influence
3. Mentoring by Clinicians
4. Research Partnerships
5. Consumer collaboration and support
o
If you have established goals on a prior report, describe the progress
towards meeting these goals.
Byla
 Strategic Plan
o Draft completed and submitted
o Action plan for goals brainstormed and shared
What are the goals you hope to accomplish by the next meeting?
 Same as this year, but will collaborate with leadership on the
brainstormed action plans.
What are the things that need to occur so that you and/or your
committee can accomplish these goals?
 Propose to form ad hoc groups for Continuing Education and
Partnerships
Do you have additional concerns and/or suggestions for the FOTA
Officers unrelated to your position and/or committee goals?
 After reviewing submitted articles and making changes, or
recommending not to publish, changes are not published and rejection
is not heeded, not communication has been made. I can discuss this
more in detail.
*Please forward your report to the respective SIS or RR Chairs. All Executive Board
members will send their reports directly to Debbie Misrahi, FOTA Secretary in document
form (1 page) via email by noon on May 25, 2015.All should be aware that each report
may be included in the consent agenda.