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Medical Staffing International / NZAOT Occupational Therapy Achievement Award

NZAOT are delighted to initiate the nomination process for the following Achievement Award (to be presented at the NZAOT conference). This award has received generous sponsorship by Medical Staffing International Ltd. and is to the value of $1000 to be used for further education, attendance at national or international conference, research or similar activity. The process for nomination is as follows:

If you are aware of any Occupational Therapist (they must be a member of NZAOT and hold a current APC) in New Zealand who fits the criteria below then please nominate them.
To nominate someone you need to follow directions on the NZAOT nomination form below
Please ensure that you address each criteria listed, as it is this information that the panel of judges will have access to in deciding the recipients for the award.
Once your form is complete please ensure it reaches NZAOT, PO Box 12506, Wellington by 5pm 30 June.

AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE SERVICE DELIVERY OR CONTRIBUTION TO PRACTICE

An innovation is defined as the establishment of new areas of practice, adding a new strand or focus to established areas of practice or re-developing / redesigning things we’ve always done. Nominees for this award need to demonstrate:

Evidence of initiating or assisting in the development of an innovative model of service delivery
Evidence that through the use of a unique model of service delivery the profile of occupational therapy has been increased or diversified
Evidence that the model has proven to be effective or efficient for service delivery
Evidence that the innovative model has been implemented within the last 5 years
Evidence of promotion, development and progression of OT services within practice through the innovative model
The innovation clearly falls within the NZAOT definition of occupational therapy
The innovation is an exemplar of evidence based practice (rigorous reflective process, extensive client feedback, extensive and well integrated literature search, or based on research (refer to NZAOT position statement on evidence based practice)
Efforts undertaken to disseminate innovations to others in practice

The nominee needs to demonstrate one or all of the following:

Professional recognition: may come through research, publication, paper presentation or professional ability.
Professional growth: continual involvement in professional improvement as evidenced by graduate work, district, state, and national association, short courses, workshops, study groups, etc.

Institutional or agency service: includes all those services that contribute to growth, development and usefulness of his/her institution or agency

	OT Award Nomination Form.doc 28 KB / 2 pages
	OT Award Nomination Form.pdf 104 KB / 2 pages

	OT AchievementAward Guidelines.doc 49 KB / 6 pages
	OT AchievementAward Guidelines.pdf 42 KB / 6 pages

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