Part Three: Academic Leadership Council Meeting, October 2017

Part One: Academic Leadership Council Meeting, October 2017 posted here.Part Two: Academic Leadership Council Meeting, October 2017 posted here.This is Part Three of a multi-part report about the Academic Leadership Council meeting that was held in Dallas Texas on Thursday October 26, 2017.+++During the opportunity for conference participants to address ACOTE/AOTA a question was asked about the evidence used to inform the ACOTE Visioning Taskforce.  This is an ad hoc group that was reportedly created by ACOTE to further assess the current healthcare and educational environment. The goals of the Visioning Taskforce were to:1) Identify trends from the previous ACOTE survey that related to the vision of OT education and the profession;2) Review evidence and current findings regarding visioning in OT education and the profession; and3) Address the perceptions of stakeholders in our communities related to the current and future status of OT education.Reportedly, the work product from this group informed the ACOTE decision to announce the changes to degree levels.  Participants at the conference asked for the report or at least some report-out of the evidence to support the mandate and were told that it was not available.  Then the audience was told that part of the Taskforce activities involved interviewing CMS and other stakeholder groups.  The participants were told that there was no new study and there were no new surveys.  No additional detail was prov...
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