Knowledge, critical thinking, motives, traits, characteristics, or skills to achieve a specific goal or perform job responsibilities
Primary groups that play a role in defining and applying standards related to competence and continuing competence
Develops and implements the standards for all education programs. Determines accreditation status for all MOT, OTD and OTA schools.
Generates education related policy and recommends to the RA for deliberation/adoption
Operates within AOTA to recommend continuing competence standards and develops tools to assist members in the development and implementation of continuing competence plans.
Policy making body of the association often referred to as "congress"
Develops standards & guidelines for the profession, offers professional development, advocates for occupational therapy practitioners
Operates within AOTA to develop the association's code of ethics and provides recommendation for ethical standard setting in the OT profession.
Issues licenses to OT and OTA practitioners
Exists within AOTA to develop practice guidelines that are related to and define the practice of OT
Non profit that works to advance the science and increase public awareness of OT
Develops and administers the initial certification examination
ACOTE (Accreditation Council for OT Education)
Ethics Commission
AOTF (American Occupational Therapy Foundation)
Competence
State regulatory boards (SRB)
AOTA Representative assembly (RA)
AOTA (American Occupational Therapy Association)
Commission on Continuing Competence and Professional Development (CCCPD)
AOTA, NBCOT, Governmental programs, State regulatory agencies, Institutional accreditation boards
NBCOT (National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy)
COE (Commision on Education)
COP (Commission on Practice)
