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.

SUCCESS
LEARNING GOAL STRATEGIES RESOURCES TARGET DATE
INDICATORS
Related Standard What are the best ways What do I need to help How will I know I When do I plan to
to achieve this goal? me achieve this? achieved it? achieve it?
1. Increase use of 1. Perform routine 1. Access to academic 1. Selection of 1. Ongoing
evidence-based literature reviews for journals appropriate 2. Ongoing
interventions current research on 2. AOTA membership interventions with 3. 1-year post
2. Improve advocacy conditions and state-level OT improve patient graduation
for patients through 2. Maintain membership outcomes 4. 1-year post
participation in legal membership with 3. Mentorship for 2. I am taking part in graduation
process AOTA and discharge planning legal actions through 5. 1-year post
3. Provide improved participate in writing 4. Mentorship and AOTA or UOTA and graduation
discharge planning congressman access to academic writing my
4. Improve on 3. Improve written journals to examine congressman
assessment selection communication with formal assessments 3. Improved quality
and understanding caregivers 5. Mentor therapist feedback from
5. Improve accuracy 4. Routinely exam patient and
and speed of assessment and the caregivers
documentation pros and cons for the 4. Selection of
setting appropriate
5. Take notes through evaluations for
sessions and setting and patient
compare with 5. Documentation is
mentor therapist timely and accurate

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