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ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES2019 Sara Clark, MS, OTRL Academic Fieldwork Coordinator Western Michigan University Nancy Vandewiele Milligan, PhD, OTRL, FAOTA, FMiOTA Director University of Michigan - Flint
Objectives • MiOTA Updates • AOTA Updates • ACOTE Updates • MOTEC Updates • OJOT Update • JACOT Update
MiOTA Michigan Occupational Therapy Association
MiOTA Website • www.miota.org • MOTEC information • Information on free webinars for CE credit • Local Chapter Information • Meeting dates/times and meeting minutes • Advocacy Information • Job postings • Advertisements • Research tab
MiOTA Membership • Please join or renew! Michigan OT Association 124 W. Allegan Suite 1900 Lansing MI 48933 Phone:517 267-3918 Fax 517 484-4442 Email: jcoddington@mhsa.com
MiOTA Chapter Groups • UP • Lansing • Flint • West • Southwest • Huron Valley • Detroit • Northwest – Traverse City
MiOTA 2019 Conference • Frankenmuth, MI • October 10th – 12th, 2019
MI OT/OTA General Rules and RegulationsUpdate • In effect: October 19th, 2017 • New: Continuing Education Requirement • 20 hours (only 10 online) • Pain =1 hour every renewal period • Human Trafficking = 1 time for entire license lifetime
Human Trafficking Requirement:Renewal Timeline • Licensees renewing in 2019: must complete requirement by 2021 renewal • Renewals in 2020 === by 2022 renewal • Beginning October 19th, 2022, requirement will be mandatory for initial licensure
Continuing Education Requirement: Renewal Timeline • Licensees renewing in 2019 === by renewal in 2021 • Renewals in 2020 === by 2022 renewal
MI Rules Hearing • Friday October 4th, 2019 at 9 am • Lansing, MI • Talking Points: • Proposed change to rule of limited delegation of tasks to the OTA • Rule 12 - regarding professional conduct is slated to be repealed
MI – LARAMI OT/OTA License • License by examination (first time license) and license by endorsement: • Jurispurdence exam at PSI Center • $95.95 fee • Fingerprinting/background check
AOTA American Occupational Therapy Association
Wendy Hildenbrand, PhD, MPH, OTR/L AOTA President Three “Rs”: relationships, resilience, relevance
AOTA Vision 2025 • 2018 – 2025 • “As an inclusive profession, occupational therapy maximizes health, well-being, and quality of life for all people, populations, and communities through effective solutions that facilitate participation in everyday living.”
MOTEC Programs:Move to the OTD • First Program: University of Michigan – Flint • Admit: Fall 2019, 32 Students Capstone Experiences Spring 2022 • Grand Valley State University • Admit January 2020 • Western Michigan University • Transition/Admit: Summer 2020, Capstone Experiences Spring 2023 • Other OT programs currently working on curriculum mapping for transition timeline
AOTA Website Resources • Evidence Based Practice section!!! • PDPM: Volume to Value Resources • Fieldwork Education section • Ethics section • OTA section
AOTA/NBCOTInterstate Licensure CompactProposal • Working with stakeholders to allow state licensure reciprocity • Could help with providing; telehealth services, continuity of care, and monitoring disciplinary actions in multiple states • Goal is set for 2024
AOTA COP: OTPF 4th Edition • OTPF = Occupational Therapy Practice Framework • Seeking feedback on proposed edits to the 4th edition via a survey by Oct. 14th, 2019 • See AOTA website for more information
MedicarePDPM: Patient Driven Payment System • CMS: SNF Quality Reporting Rule, 2018 • Watch video overview of PDPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tme-dHw9_ac BIGGEST CHANGE TO HIT POST ACUTE HEALTHCARE IN 20 YEARS!!!!!
Response to Medicare Reform = AOTA: Volume to Value Campaign • PREPARE for October 1st, 2019! • American Occupational Therapy Association’s Toolkit: (click on link) (AOTA, 2019) https://www.aota.org/Practice/Manage/value.aspx
PotentialStudent Projects:Data-Driven Documentation for Value
Significance of Documentationduring Medicare Reform Worst Case Scenario OT documentation does not show value; reimbursement from Medicare decreases OT positions are eliminated: decreased availability of FW spots and job opportunities for new graduates Best case Scenario Data-driven documentation for Medicare shows value and increases reimbursement for OT, increases OT job and fieldwork opportunities
Choosing Wisely • Glen Gillen, EdD, OTR, FAOTA • “Things Providers and Patients Should Question”
AOTA’s Fieldwork Educator Certificate Program Workshop (FWECP) Voluntary certification: • 2 day course: 15 contact hours for continuing education • Focus on “best practice” for fieldwork education • Topics include: • Guidelines for OT student supervision • New OT Practice Framework (2014) review • AOTA’s online evidence based practice resources • “Tool Box” for shaping clinical reasoning skills • Fieldwork Performance Evaluation (FWPE)
2019 AOTA FWECP Dates and Locations November 2ndand 3rd, 2019 Spectrum Healthcare Grand Rapids, MI • Contact Sara Clark: sara.clark@wmich.edu
AOTA National Conference • Boston, MA • March 26 – 29, 2020
ACOTE Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education
2018 - ACOTE StandardsAdopted July 31st, 2020 = implementation date • Four tracks: • Doctoral degree • Master’s degree • Baccalaureate degree • Associate degree
Changes: ACOTE Standards • C.1.3: DemonstrateDocumentthat academic and fieldwork educators collaborateagreeon established fieldwork objectives prior to the start of the fieldwork experience and communicate with the student and fieldwork educator about progress and performance throughout the duringfieldwork experience. • Ensure that fieldwork objectives for all experiences include a psychosocial objective
Changes:ACOTE Standards • C.1.9.: Level I fieldwork may be met through one or more of the following instructional methods: • Simulated environments • Standardized patients • Faculty practice • Faculty-led site visits • Supervision by a fieldwork educator in a practice environment
Changes: ACOTE Standards • C.1.11: Level II Fieldwork EnsureDocument and verify that the student is supervised by a currently licensed or otherwise regulated occupational therapist/assistant who has a minimum of one year full-time practice experience as a licensed or otherwise regulated OT/OTA, prior to the onset of the Level II fieldwork. Ensure that the student supervisor is adequately prepared to serve as fieldwork educator prior to the Level II fieldwork.
MOTEC Michigan Occupational Therapy Education Consortium
MOTEC 2020 - Level II Fieldwork Reservation Request Process • MOTEC Statement • January 1st, 2019: • On or after this date all academic programs will send out their Level II Fieldwork requests for the entire 2020 calendar year • February 15th, 2019: • Please HOLD all requests until after this date to respond to any academic program • Please give all academic programs equitable consideration • Please consider Michigan academic programs requests before out-of-state academic requests
Level II Fieldwork Schedule OT Key: BGS = Baker Center for Graduate Studies, Flint DAV = Davenport University, Grand Rapids EMU = Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti GVS = Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids SVSU = Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw WSU = Wayne State University, Detroit WMU = Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo & Grand Rapids
Level II Fieldwork Schedule: OTA BAP = Baker College Allen Park MaC= Macomb Community College, Clinton Township BCM = Baker College Muskegon MoC = Mott Community College, Fenton BCO = Baker College Owosso GRC = Grand Rapids Community College
Level I Fieldwork Requests • Each academic program has a unique time frame, duration and focus for Level I Fieldwork
OJOT Open Journal of Occupational Therapy
OJOT: Open Journal of Occupational Therapy • Open access journal: electronic scholarly journal • Free online!!! • Peer-reviewed • Focus: applied research, practice and education • Quarterly publications • Editor-in-Chief: Diane Powers Dirette, Ph.D., OTL (Western Michigan University) • Associate Editor: Allison K. Fox, MS, OTR/L • http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/ojot/
JACOT: Journal of Acute Care OT • Fall 2018 = first issue! • Open access • EBP • Case Study • Implications for practice • https://jacot.org/2018/10/12/fall-2018-inaugural-issue/
Asserting Our Competence with Confidence Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture 2019 Ellen S. Cohn, OTR, ScD, FAOTA
Thank you for your vested interest in fieldwork education!MOTEC