Indian Occupational Therapists Think Tank

IOTTT members Dr. Sureshkumar Kamalakannan, Mr. Manigandan Chockalingam, & Ms. Shobana Devi Moorthy, & Dr. Karthik Mani got published in the Indian Journal of Occupational Therapy.  Here are the links to their articles: Occupational Therapy for Reducing Disabilities in Persons with Disabilities in India: A Systematic Review -  https://www.ijotonweb.org/article.asp?issn=0445-7706;year=2021;volume=53;issue=1;spage=4;epage=14;aulast=Kamalakannan Scope of practice boundary violation in occupational therapy: An online survey of practitioners' perceptions in India -  https://www.ijotonweb.org/article.asp?issn=0445-7706;year=2021;volume=53;issue=1;spage=15;epage=22;aulast=Mani

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic has disrupted the occupational therapy (OT) practice in many parts of the world, including India. Practitioners resorted to telerehabilitation to ensure continued service delivery. Guidelines pertaining to telerehabilitation would be immensely helpful for practitioners as they embrace telerehabilitation to deliver OT services. Hence, t o assist the OT community in India, the Indian Occupational Therapists Think Tank (IOTTT) has developed this document. The guidelines identified in this document are intended for OT professionals in India who provide or envision providing services to their clients via telecommunication platforms.  The following are the purposes of this document: To guide OT practitioners on how to provide services safely and effectively via telecommunication platforms. To inform OT practitioners on the factors that need attention when delivering services via telecommunication platforms. To make OT practitioners aware of the usefu...

The Indian Occupational Therapists Think Tank (IOTTT) is proud to share that one of its members Associate Professor Dr. Sureshkumar Kamalakannan received an invitation to serve on the editorial board of British Journal of Occupational Therapy on June 1, 2021. The IOTTT extends its warm wishes to Dr. Kamalakannan for achieving this honor and for the valuable contributions he is going to make. It is important to note that he also serves on the Editorial Board of Indian Journal of Occupational Therapy.