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This page displays the assignments I have completed in my doctorate program and the continuing education courses I have attended.
My Presentations
This assignment challenged me to learn skills that will help me explain my future profession and advocate for its importance in a variety of practice areas. By presenting this information to an interprofessional audience of future healthcare workers and hearing their feedback, I feel more prepared to advocate for occupational therapy in the field.
This assignment allowed me to develop the skills necessary to create educational materials for varying audiences. I was challenged to examine my readability levels, word choice, and layout to ensure it would be sufficient for the chosen audience. This presentation also allowed me to investigate the role of physical therapy in treating clients with dementia in order to expand my knowledge of the interprofessional approaches that can be utilized. For this assignment, I discussed the role of Occupational and Physical Therapy in the treatment of clients with dementia in order to advocate for our services using research-based evidence to discuss the various intervention approaches our clients can benefit from.
This assignment gave me the opportunity to develop skills in clinical reasoning and evidence based practice. For this assignment I was required to find research articles concerning cerebral palsy treatments in order to discuss and compare them for this assignment. The assignment allowed me to practice comparing evidence for treatment options and how they could be applied to a future client. This will benefit me in the future when I am deciding which treatments I should select for my clients based on the available evidence.
For this assignment I was required to collaborate with group members to create a presentation outlining the OT role in osteoarthritis treatment. The group aspect of this assignment allowed me to enhance my skills in team work. The assignment also improved my ability to apply the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework to different diagnoses.
This assignment challenged me to collaborate with peers to investigate a current model of practice in occupational therapy. After this assignment, I feel prepared to analyze and apply different models of practice for occupational therapy. Additionally, my skills in collaboration and communication were improved through this assignment and the aspect of completing this assignment in a group.
This group assignment challenged me to create a continuing education course on the topic of Health Promotion in Occupational Therapy. The creation of the CE course gave me the opportunity to learn how to build a CE, how to effectively creative formative and summative assessment materials, and how to create an interactive presentation. The literature review aspect of this assignment allowed me to investigate health promotion and the potential for occupational therapy in this area as well as current efforts. This assignment also enhanced my skills in collaboration and communication as I worked with a team of 3 peers to complete the assignment.
For this assignment, I read a book in order to analyze psychosocial factors of the characters. This assignment gave me the opportunity to develop skills in recognizing important psychosocial factors as well as requiring me to brainstorm empathetic responses to these factors in order to prepare me to consider the psychosocial factors of my future clients and how I can use therapeutic use of self and empathy to improve their experiences during treatment.
My Handouts
This assignment challenged me to create a client-specific education handout. I chose the topic of the handout based on information obtained during a client interview. For the assignment I used research-based evidence to construct a handout on relaxation techniques for a client. The assignment challenged me to ensure the handout and topic were applicable to my client and within general readability levels.
This assignment challenged me to investigate a topic that I was not familiar with and summarize the topic at a universal reading level. I was also encouraged to examine the client factors of possible audiences in order to tailor the information. By creating this handout, I am confident that I will be able to create a variety of resources that I can use with my future clients. My handout describes the signs and symptoms that are indicative of complex trauma in children and adolescents, for the intended audience of teachers and parents.
This assignment gave me the opportunity to explore the seven common changes to the upper extremities after a stroke, and create an educational patient handout. Completion of this handout required consideration of readability levels, contrast, and use of examples.
This assignment gave me the opportunity to promote cultural humility by learning about a population and a culture frequently encountered by occupational therapists in the Toledo, OH area. Through this presentation, I learned about the amish and memmonite communities using sources created by individuals within the culture. Presenting this information to peers in my cohort provided an opportunity to combat stereotypes and celebrate cultural diversity.
Continuing Education
Presented by OOTA outlining the clinical trajectories of concussion, symptoms of Post Concussion Syndrome, role of OT in post-concussion management, and assessment tools and treatment strategies for concussion symptoms. 2.0 contact hours.
Non-Traditional Sleep Patters: the Role of OT
Presented by OOTA, discussing non-traditional sleep patterns such as lark, owl, and hummingbird and the role that OT can take in improving the length and quality of sleep for different client populations.2.0 contact hours.
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