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ON: Friday, August 16, 2002 FROM: SIS Department [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBJ: [mh-sis] Comments provided to APTA from ACOTE SD> We thought that our members might like to see the comments provided SD> to APTA from ACOTE (see letter below.) SD> August 16, 2002 SD> Mary Jane Harris SD> Director, Department of Accreditation SD> American Physical Therapy Association SD> Transpotomac Plaza SD> 1111 North Fairfax Street SD> Alexandria, VA 22314 SD> Dear Ms. Harris: SD> As Chairperson of the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy SD> Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association SD> (AOTA), I am writing in response to your invitation to comment on SD> the "Evaluative Criteria for Accreditation of Education Programs for SD> the Preparation of Physical Therapists". We very much appreciate SD> this opportunity. SD> Review of your accreditation standards by members of ACOTE resulted SD> in concern about the following criteria: SD> Line 843: u) SD> self care and home management (including activities of SD> daily living and instrumental activities of daily living) SD> Line 878: SD> d) SD> functional training in community and work (job, school SD> or play) reintegration (including instrumental activities of daily SD> living, work hardening, and work conditioning) SD> Line 880: SD> e) SD> functional training in self care and home management SD> (including activities of daily living and instrumental activities of SD> daily living) SD> We question the relevance of the above areas to the educational SD> needs of physical therapy students. While these areas are included SD> in The Guide to Physical Therapy Practice, they are typically SD> domains practiced by occupational therapists. The manner in which SD> these criteria are stated is very broad and open-ended and we would SD> recommend that these areas be specifically related to the practice SD> of physical therapy to avoid intrusion on the domains of other SD> professions. SD> We appreciate your sharing our concerns with CAPTE and thank you for SD> the opportunity to comment. SD> Sincerely, SD> Paula Kramer, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA SD> Chairperson, Accreditation Council for SD> Occupational Therapy Education ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *********��*********** Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist ** List messages are archived at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] *********��***********
