When the shoe is on the other foot.

I am going to try to keep this simple, but the underlying message is critical for occupational therapists.The recent announcement from AOTA that places the entry level degree requirement decision of ACOTE in abeyance was a surprise to most people, whether they agreed with the decision or not.This post is not going to address the background of the issue, or the reasons for the AOTA reversal, or what some of the controversial elements are.  I want to focus on the response of some OTs who disagree with the decision, most notably program directors who lead academic programs that have to deliver the curricula.I agree with the fact that some academic programs who were set to follow through on the increase to entry level degrees are left in a difficult situation. These are a couple of the legitimate complaints that I truly understand:1. Financial resources have been expended in order to transition their programs.2. Time and energy has been expended in order to transition their programs.3. Some programs have not transitioned, and those programs who were transitioning early in the hopes of competitive advantage may find themselves in a point of disadvantage if they abandon their Masters level programs and students choose to go places that are less expensive or take less time.4. Philosophically, some people believed that increasing the degree requirements was the best thing to do.It is true that these issues are a real problem for some programs.Some programs directors are so ...
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