What are the two category requirements for continuing education?
Educational experiences are divided into two categories: 1) Direct, which refers to education related to direct client/patient services in occupational therapy services and 2) Professional/Health Care Related, which refers to education related to professional development. Occupational therapy practitioners can wear many hats (clinician, supervisor, administrator, educator, etc.). An example of education in these areas may be attending a workshop on improving student supervisory skills. Even when a clinician’s primary responsibilities are not in providing direct client/patient services, that clinician often supervises or educates those that do or will provide direct client/patient OT services. For this reason, every licensee is required to obtain a minimum of 8 of the 16 hours in content areas that relate to direct client/patient OT services (ex. positioning techniques, splinting, spinal cord precautions, insurance/billing documentation, etc.). For occupational therapy practitioners who
