OCTH 419 - Clinical Practice Management

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College Curriculum

Study Plan and Curriculum Structure
The curriculum of the four programs offered by CAMS (i.e., Emergency Medical Services, Respiratory Program, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, and Occupational Therapy) consists of two phases. The duration of the courses for each program is four years.

Phase I:Pre-Professional(Preparatory Four Semesters, which are offered to all health science colleges).
Students from all Health Science Colleges attend the first three semesters together. The students are offered intensive English language courses throughout these semesters to strengthen their English language. This will enable them to communicate fluently, as English is the instructional language while studying the professional courses.

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Quality Assurance and Academic Accreditation

Mission:
The QAAA unit in College of Applied Medical Sciences aims to apply an internal quality assurance system throughout the college to increase performance sufficiency according to the certified quality standers by developing the skills of faculty and staff at the college which will eventually achieve the university goals.

Vision:
The vision of QAAA unit at College of Applied Medical Sciences is to fulfil an unequal excellence in academic performance among all kingdoms’ colleges by achieving continuous development and obtaining academic accreditation for all programs in the college.

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Components: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2
This is a two-part course that examines the role of occupational therapist in effective utilization of financial resources and clinical services. The first part focuses on the financial aspects related to the patient intervention process. Students examine the concepts of reimbursement for services, progressing from a historical overview of the third party payer system toward a detailed examination of the specific requirements of: Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial insurers, Workers Compensation. The reimbursement decisions will be studied in the context of environments (home, SNF, facility-based for inpatient and outpatient) and the legal and ethical issues associated with each environment. Current information from AOTA website, and commercial carrier websites, in addition to articles from scholarly journals, will provide background for discussions about ethical implications of financial choices. The second part of the course focuses on outcomes. These outcomes include: Client satisfaction management, Clinical outcomes: quality of life and resource utilization, Evaluating applicability of outcome measures for various populations and conditions. Students will discuss a variety of ethical dilemmas rising from the effect of outcomes in patient care management

 

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