VOTC Newsletter - Fall 2021 Scope of Practice - What is it and How to Use it? Dr. Karthik Mani, OTD, OTR/L Scope of practice (SOP) is an official document that describes the services a qualified healthcare professional can offer. It also delineates the educational, training, and registration requirements of qualified professionals; professional titles; and practice settings in which the services can be offered.  To meet the longstanding need of an official SOP document in India, the Indian Occupational Therapists Think Tank (IOTTT) published an official SOP document in July 2021 (IOTTT, 2021). This article highlights the benefits of SOP and how it can be used to promulgate the profession of OT.  COVID-19 Resources IOTTT Published Telerehabilitation Guidelines for Occupational Therapists in India Indian Occupational Therapists Think Tank published Telerehabilitation guidelines to assist occupational therapists in India to deliver OT services via telecommunication technologies. IOTTT believes that these guidelines would be immensely helpful as practitioners resorted to telerehabilitation to ensure continued service delivery during COVID-19 restrictions/lockdowns. The guidelines are available free of cost here.  Centers for Disease Control & Prevention John Hopkins Coronovirus Dashboard Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Health & Family Welfare Department, Tamil Nadu     Disability News Tamil Nadu civic polls: Breaking barriers, nearly 40 disabled candidates in fray Employment cards lack info on disabilities 'At home’ vaccine for disabled, people with special needs gets government nod Tamil Nadu to fill vacancies for people with disabilities in next six months Gujarat high court seeks reply on quota for persons with disabilities

Evidence Corner (Links to Research that Support OT Practice/Profession)   PREparedness, REsponse and SySTemic transformation (PRE-RE-SyST): a model for disability-inclusive pandemic responses and systemic disparities reduction derived from a scoping review and thematic analysis Education of persons with disabilities in India: A reality or a parable Prevalence of Smokeless Tobacco Use in India and Its Association With Occupations: A LASI Study Evidence Based Practice

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