Analysis & Practice Management Flashcards
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An OT department is implementing the Kawa (River) Model for assessment. This model is MOST useful for:
Answer: Understanding occupational performance through a culturally relevant, metaphorical narrative
The Kawa Model uses a river metaphor to explore how cultural context, life circumstances, and personal assets shape occupational flow and meaning.
A healthcare organization requires OTs to complete peer review of documentation. The PRIMARY purpose of this process is to:
Answer: Ensure documentation meets professional, legal, and payer standards through collegial accountability
Peer review promotes quality by having qualified colleagues evaluate documentation for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with standards.
An OT conducting a home assessment for a client post-stroke identifies that narrow doorways prevent wheelchair access to the bathroom. This barrier is classified under which OTPF context category?
Answer: Physical environment
Architectural features such as doorway width are physical environmental factors that either support or hinder occupational performance.
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an employer asks an OT to determine if a job applicant with a disability can perform essential job functions. The OT should FIRST:
Answer: Conduct a functional capacity evaluation (FCE) matched to the specific essential job functions
An FCE matched to the job's essential functions determines whether the applicant can meet those requirements with or without reasonable accommodation.
A newly hired OT discovers that a department policy conflicts with AOTA's Code of Ethics. The MOST appropriate action is to:
Answer: Raise the concern with the supervisor and work through appropriate channels to resolve the conflict
OTs are professionally obligated to address ethical concerns through appropriate channels, starting with internal resolution before escalating externally.
A productivity-based compensation model rewards OTs based on units billed per day. Which unintended consequence is MOST likely to occur?
Answer: Pressure to overtreat or up-code to maximize billable units
Productivity-based pay creates financial incentives that can pressure therapists to bill more units than clinically justified, risking ethical and legal violations.
When analyzing the occupational profile of a client with traumatic brain injury, which information is MOST essential to gather first?
Answer: The client's prior roles, routines, and what occupations hold meaning for them
The occupational profile prioritizes understanding the client's history, values, and meaningful roles before identifying deficits or setting clinical goals.