Student Learning Outcomes – Knoxville
Knoxville Program Goals:
The following goals are reflective and supportive of the mission of the OTA program and the College:
- Provide a comprehensive and challenging curriculum that prepares students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to function as an entry-level occupational therapy assistant in current and emerging practice
- Graduate OTAs who reflect a commitment to the profession’s core values and ethics, lifelong learning, and evidence based practice
- Create a learning atmosphere that is safe and fosters personal and professional growth
- Provide opportunities for students to develop clinical reasoning through experiential learning and exposure to a variety of professional experiences through partnerships within the occupational therapy community; an
- Foster development of the students’ interpersonal and collaborative skills to meet the complex challenges in providing quality client-centered care
Student Learning Outcomes:
The South College Knoxville OTA program seeks to develop Occupational Therapy Assistants (OTAs) who possess the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for competent entry-level practice. Upon completion of the program, the graduate should be able to:
- Effectively communicate orally and in writing to meet demands and requirements of the profession
- Utilize effective interpersonal skills with clients, families, and interdisciplinary team members
- Review and incorporate evidence based material to deliver best practice
- Exhibit conduct that reflects practice standards that are legal and ethical and integrate Principles of Occupational Therapy Ethics, as defined by the AOTA
- Consistently demonstrate principles and techniques to ensure safety of the patient, oneself, and others
- Employ the occupational therapy process for service delivery and differentiate the roles of occupational therapy practitioners
- Respect client diversity, values, and individual preferences during service delivery
- Analyze activity demands, performance skills, performance patterns, and client factors, within the context of occupational performance
- Demonstrate competence in administration of selected assessments relevant to the role of an occupational therapy assistant
- Select, prioritize, and sequence occupations, purposeful activity, and treatment techniques relevant to the goals and interests of individuals served in occupational therapy setting
- Demonstrate competence in instruction, adapting, and grading of activities and techniques, and modifying environments to meet the needs of clients in their sociocultural context
- Demonstrate clinical reasoning by prioritizing holistic needs of clients and engaging in creative problem solving
- Utilize and teach compensatory strategies when desired life tasks cannot be performed
- Assume roles of leadership and management of occupational therapy services relevant to the role of an entry-level occupational therapy assistant
- Understand federal and state regulations and their effect on delivery of occupational therapy and other health services
- Demonstrate an awareness of professional and social responsibility, and advocacy including participation in national and state professional organizations, and community service organizations
- Explore and utilize community resources to promote occupational function of clients in least restrictive environments