AOTA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TOOL
Learning Plan
LEARNING GOAL STRATEGIES
Related Standard What are the best ways to achieve
this goal?
1. Knowledge Read and summarize at least 1 related
Increase knowledge research article per week. Talk with
related to treatments other practicing OTs or other therapists
specific to my area of to compile their resources
practice.
2. Critical Reasoning Analyze activities on own time, and
Be able to more quickly write down everything you see. Review
recognize barriers to and categorize common barriers to
performance create a system of thinking. Talk
through an activity or after a client has
been seen with mentor.
3. Interpersonal Abilities Develop relationships with other
Be able to effectively therapists. Review diagnoses as related
communicate with other prognosis, symptoms, and function in
therapists in relation to order to effectively communicate and
patient treatment ask others questions. Practice
communicating those out loud/to
another person.
4. Performance Skills Base decisions on evidence and reviews
Improve client-centered made in goal 1. With a client in mind,
treatment plans to be analyze activities on own time to
meaningful and determine how treatment is evidence
evidence-based based, client-centered, and meaningful.
Practicing communication through
interviews with client.
5. Ethical Reasoning Review OT’s Code of Ethics. Write
Be able to defend down everything and some examples of
decisions based on each area. Talk to mentor about
ethical reasoning and challenges he/she has come across, and
alignment with AOTA how it was ethically justified.
Code of Ethics
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RESOURCES SUCCESS INDICATORS
What do I need to How will I know I achieved
help me achieve this? it?
AJOT, mentor to help To stay up to date, it will be
guide research areas, ongoing. Goal can be measured
conferences, CE by the strategies used (meet
goal of summarizing 1 research
article per week).
Mentor, CE, AJOT Matching analysis with
mentor, quick time frame for
full analysis
AJOT, mentor, other Clients express an accurate
therapists, school notes understanding of their
diagnosis and intervention.
Clients feel comfortable with
the course of intervention.
AJOT, mentor, other Clients show buy-in and desire
therapists, experience, to participate. I can provide
read: research articles to match
- Never Split the treatment plans.
Difference (Voss)
- Motivational
Interviewing (Miller,
Rollnick)
AJOT, AOTA, mentor Being comfortable in navigating
ethics code
TARGET DATE
When do I plan to achieve
it?
It may never fully be met. The
end of each week could be a
target date for the 1 article.
Forever learning
The end of fieldwork
experiences.
The end of fieldwork
experiences! More difficult
conversations might always
be difficult, but with accurate
communication of knowledge,
it may be the best that can be
done.
It should be an ongoing
practice as new evidence
emerges.
1 year after; new ethical
situations should always be
considered carefully, but
having comfort in