OTA 110: OT Heritage and Legacy

Credits 4

Introduction to the profession of Occupational Therapy, including history, philosophies, frames of reference, organizations, standards, ethics, legal issues, trends, supervision of aides and assistants. Introduction to methods of acquiring information such as library resources, electronics/computer bibliographic searches and utilization of professional publication and audiovisual media. Occupation as the core principle of therapeutic intervention will be critically examined. Students will be introduced to ethical dispute resolution strategies. Medical Terminology will also be covered within this course.  4 lecture hours weekly.