OT 8110 - Business Development and Managment in Occupational Therapy

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: All previous OT coursework. Corequisite: OT 8100.
Corequisites: OT 8100.
Description
This course provides a fundamental, critical overview of health care leadership and management principles as they relate to occupational therapy practice. The course will describe and discuss major leadership philosophies and theories as well as ethical dilemmas. Detailed discussions, teamwork, practical case study experiences, as well as oral and written assignments will be used to train the students to effectively manage and supervise people and resources, and to understand political, regulatory, economic, and social forces that are affecting a constantly changing and often complex health and rehabilitation environment. Major emphasis is on advocacy and legislation, reimbursement, financial planning, personnel management, leadership, negotiation skills, conflict resolution, ethics, grant writing, starting up a new program, business or practice, entrepreneurship, and marketing. Addresses ACOTE Standards: B7.1, B7.2, B7.3, B7.4, B7.5, B7.6, B7.7, B7.8, B9.1, B9.2, B9.3, B9.4, B9.5, B9.6, B9.7, B9.8, B9.9, B9.10, B9.11, B9.12, B9.13 M