VOTC Newsletter - Fall 2020

Art of Professional Writing

In the era of multidisciplinary care, all healthcare professionals, including occupational therapists (OTs), are expected to communicate with multiple stakeholders such as patients, coworkers, referral sources, and other
professionals. In a professional environment, most official communications
are expected to be written communications.

Activities such as documentation, report writing, preparing discharge
summary, patient education, communicating with clients/staff/administration, communicating with other care providers, writing for publication, and writing
for professional advocacy demand good writing skills from OTs. Hence, they
must develop both professional and scientific writing skills to effectively communicate and remain successful in their career. This article
highlights the salient aspects of professional writing that might help OTs
communicate effectively in business and advocacy contexts.

Dr. Karthik Mani in Academia

VOTC's founder and chief occupational therapist Dr. Karthik Mani has joined the

University of Texas Medical Branch (UMTB) at Galveston as an Assistant Professor.

In this role, he is responsible for teaching doctoral level occupational therapy students

and pursuing research.

IOTTT Adopted Occupational Therapy Scope of Practice

Indian Occupational Therapists Think Tank (IOTTT) would like to thank all stakeholders who reviewed and commented on the official Scope of Practice

(SOP) document (pertaining to the Indian context of practice) it drafted. The

IOTTT made revisions to the SOP based on stakeholder inputs. After multiple iterations based on comments and expert inputs, the SOP was officially

adopted by the IOTTT in September 2020. The document will soon be

disseminated to the public. To learn more about IOTTT and its activities,

please visit its official blog.