EXAM correctly answered to pass
List the 7 roles of OT (in the Profile of Practice of OTs in Canada) - correct answer ✔✔(flower
diagram)
Professional
Communicator
Scholarly Practitioner
Collaborator
Change Agent
Practice Manager
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List the Essential Competencies of Practice for Occupational Therapists in Canada (COTO & CAOT
defines) - correct answer ✔✔1. Assumes professional responsibility
2. Thinks critically
3. Demonstrates practice knowledge
4. Utilizes an occupational therapy process to enable occupation
5. Communicates and collaborates effectively
6. Engages in professional development
7. Manages own practice and advocates WITHIN systems
Outline Kolb's Learning Cycle - correct answer ✔✔Concrete Experience (doing/having an
experience) -> Reflective Observation (reviewing/reflecting on the experience) -> Abstract
Conceptualization (concluding/learning from the experience) -> Active Experimentation
(planning/trying out what you have learned)
,COTO (College of Ots of Ontario) represents - correct answer ✔✔the public
CAOT (Canadian Association of OTs) represents - correct answer ✔✔the profession
OSOT (Ontario Society of OTs) represents - correct answer ✔✔the profession
COTO (regulatory body) - correct answer ✔✔-Ensure the PUBLIC receive safe, effective, ethical
care from OTs
-Oversees the practice of OTs:
--set the education & qualifications necessary to practice
--issue certificates of registration to OTs
--set the conditions that allow OTs to maintain registration
--administer & develop mandatory quality assurance programs
--develop standards of practice (the rules that OTs follow)
--investigate complaints, holding disciplinary hearings & imposing penalties
-NOT responsible for OTAs (OT Assistants)
-self-regulated
COTO's council is composed of - correct answer ✔✔-OTs elected by their peers
-Public members appointed by the provincial gov
-Academic members appointed by the Chairs of the OT programs at 5 Ontario universities
CAOT & OSOT (professional associations) - correct answer ✔✔represent & support the
PROFESSION of OT:
-advocate for funding & access to OT
, -professional development & career opportunities
-promote OT to the general public
•provide Malpractice insurance
Extra jobs of CAOT (compared to OSOT) - correct answer ✔✔-Accredit OT schools in Canada
(recall: COTO develops standards BUT this accredits)
-Set the National OT Certificate Exam
Standards of Practice (minimum! NOT 'best practice') - correct answer ✔✔Acupuncture,
Consent, Infection Prevention and Control, Occupational Therapy Assessments, Prevention and
Management of Conflict of Interest, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, Professional Boundaries,
Psychotherapy, Record Keeping, Supervision of Students, Supervision of Occupational Therapy
Assistants, AND Use of Title
OTAs (OT assistants) can join - correct answer ✔✔OSOT & CAOT but not COTO
What is scope of practice? - correct answer ✔✔-describes what a health care practitioner is
permitted to do, in keeping with the terms of their professional license
-considers education (ex. need to graduate from regulated OT school), competencies
(knowledge, skill: via practice & ability: ex. not able if OT is hospitalized) & ongoing professional
development requirements
-incl. range of activities, actions, processes, roles & responsibilities that can safely & effectively
be performed
OT scope of Practice is
1) defined by
2) supported by - correct answer ✔✔1) Regulatory college (ex. COTO) through provincial
legislation
-scope of practice & controlled acts can perform