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.  

The COVID-19 guidelines were developed to empower rehabilitation professionals providing services for Persons with Disabilities (PwD) in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is intended for use by the rehabilitation professionals working both in private and public sectors in India. These guidelines were published for the cause of public interest under creative commons 4 license and can be freely downloaded/circulated with appropriate attribution.  To access and download the guidelines, click here .

Dear all, To educate stakeholders and overcome the issue of professional boundary violations due to the lack of awareness/clarity regarding the OT profession's scope of practice, the Indian OTs Think Tank (IOTT) group has drafted a scope of practice document with respect to the Indian context of practice. The group is soliciting public comments on the draft.  Please review the draft and submit your comments in the comments section of this post. Only comments  submitted here in response to this post  on or before July 20, 2020 will be considered during the amendment process.  Please write to  indianotsthinktank@gmail.com  if you have any questions.