AOTA Professional Development Tool (PDT)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WORKSHEET (5)

Learning Plan
Structure your learning plan to indicate how you will achieve your identified learning goals. The completed plan should be included in
your portfolio. Type information directly into the spaces provided.

LEARNING GOAL
Related Standard
Knowledge: By October, I
will independently
identify and explain the
most common medical
lines seen within a
hospital setting.
Critical Reasoning: By
December, I will
independently and
successfully interpret
complex diagnostic cases.
Interpersonal Abilities: By
December, I will perfect
my “elevator speech”
regarding what
occupational therapy is,
STRATEGIES
What are the best ways to
achieve this goal?
I will begin by preparing for my
first Level II FW in the acute
care setting by memorizing the
most common lines seen in this
setting. I will also ask my CI a
lot of questions about it until I
have it memorized.
The best way I can make sure
this goal is achieved is by
requesting to take on complex
client cases and to request
constant feedback and
validation from my CI.
I will continue practicing my
explanation of what the
profession is and work hard to
provide an explanation to
every client I meet that has
SUCCESS TARGET
RESOURCES
INDICATORS DATE
What do I need to help me How will I know I When do I plan
achieve this? achieved it? to achieve it?
I will use my CI, various When I am able to identify By the middle of
online resources, and even each of the lines without my first Level II
nursing staff, since they are much critical thought. FW this fall
the ones that set the clients (December 2020).
up to everything.
In order to achieve this, I will I will know that I have By the end of my
need to consider everything I achieved this goal based first Level II FW
have learned about upon the feedback from my this fall (December
occupational therapy CI. When they provide me 2020).
practice thus far, information no feedback on additional
from my CI, and information things within the case that
from co-workers as well as they picked up on, I will
my classmates. know that I have reached
this goal.
I will pick the brain of my When it becomes so second By the end of my
classmates, CI, and future co- nature to me that I don’t first Level II FW
workers to gather ideas from stumble in my explanation this fall (December
what they say. I will learn by and can relate it to each 2020).
watching and observing client’s occupation of choice
and successfully relate it little or no experience with OT. others. I will also use AOTA without much thought.
to each client with ease. and various OT influencers
on social media to do so.
Performance Skills: By I will actively seek out the Using my CI and co-workers When I am able to By the end of my
April 2021, I will opportunity to do so by asking as a resource to gain administer a variety of second Level II
independently my CI to take on initial information on how to assessments and interpret FW.
administer, score, and evaluations and take every correctly administer the them without the help from
interpret evaluations and opportunity I can to observe assessment, and using them anyone. When my CI is able
screenings across a others performing them as for help when interpreting to sign off on all of my
variety of diagnosis. well. them to make sure I catch documentation without
everything. having to make changes.
Ethical Reasoning: By Achieving this goal will require I will use my CI, classmates, When I am able to provide By the end of my
April 2021, I will respect listening to and understanding co-workers, forums on AOTA, the best therapeutic second Level II
and honor the the client’s perspective in and OT social media services possible, keeping FW.
therapeutic wishes and regards to what they want out influencers to gather advice the client’s wishes at the
goals of each client, of the therapeutic process. I whenever I am having a center of practice and not
regardless of my own will always to place the client difficult time honoring the letting my own non-
implicit bias. at the center of therapy. goals of a client. therapeutic opinions stand
in the way of this.
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