Occupational Therapy Skills Checklist

Personal Information

Name(Required)
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Proficiency Scale

1 – No Experience
2 – Need Training
3 – Able to perform with supervision
4 – Able to perform independently

Work Settings

General acute care
Adult/adult ICU
Pediatrics/PICU
Children’s hospital
Hand therapy
Home health care
Outpatient neuro
Outpatient ortho
Psychiatric hospital
Rehabilitation hospital/inpatient rehabilitation unit
Skilled care facility
School setting
Early intervention
Subacute

Orthopedics

Hand injury
Total joint replacement/upper extremities
Lower back/spinal surgeries
Arthritis programs
Soft tissue injuries
Knee injuries & total knee replacement
Hip fractures & total hip replacement
Mobilization techniques
Prosthetics/amputations

Neurologic

Alzheimers/dementia
Degenerative diseases of the CNS
Multiple sclerosis
Parkinson’s disease
Spinal cord injury
Adaptive equipment
Neurodevelopmental testing (NDT)
Wheelchair evaluation
Stroke acute
Functional splinting
Traumatic brain injury

Pediatric Assessments

Neurodevelopmental testing
Developmental screening
Sensory-motor testing
Visual perceptual testing
Feeding/swallowing/oral motor
Seating & positioning assessment (i.e. w/c)

Other Assessments

Physical capacity evaluation
Home assessments/home accessibility
Activities of daily living
Driving evaluation
Cognitive/perception

Treatment Approaches

ADL
Cognitive retraining
Community re-entry
Energy conservation/work simplification techniques
Functional transfer training
Home safety
Lymphedema management
Orthotics/Prosthetics training
Patient, family & staff training
PNF
SI
Therapeutic exercises/activities
Work hardening
Splinting
Neurodevelopmental testing (NDT)
Incontinence management

Modalities

Anodyne
Biofeedback
Electrical stimulation
Feeding techniques
Fluidotherapy
Oral motor facilities
Paraffin bath
TENS
Therapeutic pool
Ultrasound

Prosthetics/Orthotics

UE prosthetics
Static splints
Dynamic splints
Serial casting

Other

Burn management
Cardiac rehabilitation
Cognitive retraining
Computer skills
FIM scoring
Geriatrics
Group dynamics
IEP skills
Inservice education
Job task analysis
Therapeutic media
Knowledge of payment sources
Medicare
Medicaid
MDS

General Skills

Patient/family teaching
Patients in isolation
Patients in restraints
Lift/transfer devices
Specialty beds
End of life care/palliative care

Computerized Charting

Cerner
EPIC
McKesson
Meditech

National Patient Safety Goals

Accurate patient identification
Effective communication
Pain assessment & management
Infection control
Universal precautions
Care of patients in isolation
Minimize risk of falls
Prevention of pressure ulcers

Age Specific Competencies

Infant (birth to 1 year)
Toddler (ages 1-3 years)
Preschooler (ages 3-5 years)
Childhood (ages 6-12 years)
Adolescents (ages 12-21 years)
Young Adults (ages 21-39 years)
Adults (ages 40-64 years)
Older Adult (ages 65-79 years)
Elderly (80+ years)

Additional Skills

Additional Training

Additional Equipment

Authorizations

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