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How To OT
by Matt Brandenburg
We are an occupational therapy (OT) podcast striving to narrow the research gap and help practitioners translate research into practice as simply as possible. We are shifting perspectives in OT research and practice from what happened, to how to make good things happen. We tell stories, portray OT culture, and identify principles for practitioners to improve the health outcomes of their clients.
Episodes
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Doctoral Research of Micki Kleven - Exploring Feedback Used in Training Efficient Manual Wheelchair Propulsion
Micki and discuss how effective training of manual wheelchair (MWC) propulsion during rehabilitation may make enormous impacts on the incidence of pain, overuse injuries, and independence for MWC users. She shares techniques and tips she researched in her training program that can be quickly...
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Doctoral Research of Elena Bishop - Community Mobility After Driving Cessation for Adults with Dementia and their Caregivers
Today we discuss Elena Bishop's work in the driving and community mobility research lab at Washington University in St. Louis. She studied occupational therapy's role in helping prepare people with dementia and older adults in general prepare for the transition to driving cessation. and what...
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Doctoral Research of Abby Hellmann - The Comfortable Cafeteria After School
Abby shares how she and her research team adapted the comfortable cafeteria program to promote positive mental health in students with developmental disabilities. We discuss how positive mental health promotion can impact this population and how Abby was able to see positive outcomes by pairing…
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A Model to Support Occupational Therapists & Healthcare Workers with Disabilities Featuring Leanna Namovic
If you want to learn more about Leanna's Model and see a visual depiction of it in action please reach out to her at: [email protected]
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Doctoral Research of Sarah Pease - Self-management for Aging Adults with Vision Loss
Sarah shares her experiencing helping to train clinicians on a self-management program for patients with vision loss. She also developed an entire practice model to help practitioners treat adults aging with vision loss holistically. Resources mentioned on the show: Ensminger, D., Scaffa, M., &...
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Doctoral Research of Taylor Grootwassink - Pediatric Curriculum for ISL
Taylor shares with us her experience as a participant and as a group leader on the Washington University in St. Louis International Service Learning (ISL) trip to Guatemala. Taylor developed pediatric modules to help prepare her and fellow group members to provide occupational therapy…
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Doctoral Research of Courtney Weber - Performance and Successful Aging for PAWLTPD
PAWLTPD stands for People Aging with Long Term Physical Disabilities. We discuss how this population is impacted by a variety of factors and Courtney shares a practice model she developed to assist clinicians when working with PAWLTPD. NCHPAD website: https://www.nchpad.org/ Cedar Midwest…
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Doctoral Research of Ariana Gonzalez - Sleep and Programming for Underserved Populations
Ariana is completing her post professional doctorate at WashU. She's researched Sleep in people experiencing homelessness and program development for underserved populations including people experiencing incarceration. A list of resources mentioned during the episode is found below: AOTA Sleep...
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Doctoral Research of Maggie Armstrong and Eric Yamakado - Neurodiversity
Maggie and Eric teamed up to conduct a research project titled Program Development for Neurodiverse Students in Higher Education. We discuss topics related to neurodiversity in higher education, outline their project, and the implications their research could have for occupational therapy…
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Doctoral Research of Melanie Hubbuck - Predictors of Discharge in Under and Uninsured Populations
The full title of Melanie's research is The Patient's Journey: Predictors of Baseline and Discharge Disability, Pain, Work Ability, and Global Health after Occupational Therapy for Upper Extremity Dysfunction in Under and Uninsured Patient Population. We discuss her work with the WashU student…
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Doctoral Research of Karen Schnedl - Outcomes of International Service Learning
Karen conducted research measuring how WashU's international service learning experience to Guatemala impacts alumni practice up to a decade after the trip. We talk about her experiences in Guatemala, the results of her study, and what they tell us about the importance of service learning in...
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Doctoral Research of Sarah Kalishman - CST for Individuals with Parkinson's
Sarah's doctoral research project is titled: Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Individuals with Parkinson's Disease and Dementia. She shares how she lead a group intervention for people with PDD and their caregivers, what outcomes she found, and how it can influence daily practice. Visit the...
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Masters Research of Nina Sasser - Sex, Contraception, and Fertility Options for People with SCI
Nina's research project is titled: Safe Sex, Contraception, and Fertility Options for People with SCI: What Clients Want and the Role of OT in Ensuring Access to Knowledge and Services A list of resources mentioned in the episode is below: SCIRE (Spinal Cord Injury Research Evidence):...
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Doctoral Research of Ronald Drummond - Health Management and Maintenance for the Homeless
We discuss OT's role in working with people experiencing homelessness, the development and implementation of an occupation based program in the St. Louis homeless community and how Ron plans to work in this emerging field moving forward
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Doctoral Research of Maggie Fleita - Improvisational Movement for People with Parkinson Disease
Maggie studied how participation in a group improvisational dance class called Improvment can bring physical and cognitive benefits to people with Parkinson disease. We discuss her study design, interventions, results, and even hear a sample of how class may go.
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Doctoral Research of Allison Doerpinghaus - Diversity and Advocacy
Advocacy is essential in occupational therapy, but most practitioners don't learn how to advocate until they're thrust into an advocacy role late into their career. Allison shares her OTD research including her personal experience serving on the board of a local non-profit organization, and the...
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Doctoral Research of Hannah Brooks - Pediatric Functional Cognition
Hannah Brooks is a member of the OTD 2020 cohort at Washington University in St. Louis. As part of her doctoral research she developed an assessment tool to measure the functional cognition of school aged children and youth. We talk about the evidence supporting her work, breakdown how her tool…
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Season 2 Intro
Over the coming months I will be interviewing my classmates in the Washington University in St. Louis program in Occupational Therapy about the research and projects they've completed. Some of the brightest future occupational therapists in the country lost the opportunity to share their amazing...
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Stephanie Stegman - Primary Care OT Practitioner Perspective
Stephanie Stegman boasts years of clinical experience as an occupational therapy practitioner and explains her involvement in providing primary care and community based services. For more information visit: otservices.wustl.edu
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Dr. Sherry Muir - Occupational Therapy in Primary Care
We explore primary care as an emerging area of practice for occupational therapy practioners, discuss how you can break into the field and how to demonstrate your OT skillset to other professions. Resources: World Health Organization definition of health:...
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Dr. Beth Skidmore - Effectively Implementing Metacognitive Strategy Training Interventions
On today’s episode of How to OT we discuss how to effectively implement meta-cognitive strategy training interventions, such as the Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) model, into your practice working with clients who have cognitive deficits. Resources: Cognitive...
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Dr. Susy Stark - Environmental Interventions for Function and Fall Prevention
We speak with Dr. Suzy Stark about how she developed a new science measuring the impact of environmental OT interventions on occupational performance and participation. She goes into detail and provides clinical recommendations for how a practitioner can improve a client’s function and help…
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Dr. Ben Philip - Connecting Neuroscience to People's Lives
On today’s episode of How to OT we interview Dr. Ben Philip about the importance of neuroscience in working with people who have had brain or nerve injuries. Resources mentioned during the interview: Zink PJ, Philip BA. (2020) Cortical plasticity in rehabilitation for upper extremity peripheral...
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Dr. Diane Smith - Advocacy, Policy, Sustainability and Climate Change
On today’s episode of How to OT we talk with Dr. Diane Smith about her non-traditional OT journey (0:47-7:40), summarize some of her research on advocacy and policy (7:41-12:30) and go over recommendations for focusing on the environment (12:31-14:30), increasing work participation (14:31-21:47),...
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Dr. Wanda Mahoney - Participation and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
On today's episode we hear clinical recommendations and examples of working with clients who have intellectual and development disabilities from Dr. Wanda Mahoney. To see more of Wanda's research refer to her faculty information page and CV found here:...
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Dr. Carolyn M. Baum - Functional Cognition
Dr. Carolyn Baum details the development of the Activity Card Sort (ACS) occupational profile process, along with the creation of a number of cognitive assessments. She emphasizes the importance of functional cognition, considerations when working with clients who have cognitive deficits and…
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Dr. Catherine Piersol - Evidence Based Intervention for Dementia Care pt. 2
We hear from practitioner, researcher, educator and Dementia care expert Dr. Cathy Piersol. Her vision is to promote best practice in dementia care and emphasize the role that OTPs can play in dementia care moving forward. Resources: Skills 2 Care training:...
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Dr. Laura Gitlin - Evidence Based Interventions for Dementia Care pt. 1
Dr. Laura Gitlin issues a call to OT practitioners to lead the changing of dementia care within the United States. She details interventions that provide strategies for caregivers to enhance the ability of people with dementia to engage in activities, reduce agitation and behavioral symptoms,...
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Cognitive Support Tech and Ergonomics with Dr. Karen Jacobs
On today’s episode of How to OT we interview Dr. Karen Jacobs. She tells us about some of her new projects, explains the literature and research that went into her work on Project Career and breaks down how cognitive support tech can be used in therapy and to make connections that lead to...
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Occupation and well-being in OT education with Dr. Steve Taff
In preparation for the Occupational Therapy Education Summit we interview Dr. Steve Taff, a leader in OT education, about the importance of philosophy in higher education and daily practice. Links to resources mentioned on this episode are found below: Taff, S.D., Babulal, G.M., & Bakhshi, P....
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Propulsion and exercise in a mobility Device - Dr. Kerri Morgan
Literature mentioned in the episode: Clinical Practice guidelines: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1808273/ Link to the National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability website: https://www.nchpad.org/ Link to the Rehabilitation, Engineering and Assistive Technology…
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Dr. Quinn Tyminski - Mental health practice and applications
On this episode we talk to an OT in mental health trailblazer, Dr. Quinn Tyminski. We discuss how to treat marginalized populations and steps to working with them in all occupational therapy settings, how to find a niche as a practitioner in mental health, how to find and connect clients to...
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Low Vision and Productive Aging Pt. 2 - Dr. Stacy Smallfield
Dr. Smallfield is a fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) with an extensive background in low vision and geriatric rehab. She shares with us some of her research and recommendations and resources for working with these populations.
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Introduction to How to OT
OT practitioners want to provide the best client centered and evidence based care to the people they treat. But if it currently takes 17 years for research to translate into practice how evidence based can the care we provide really be? We identify some barriers to implementing research into...
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Low Vision and Productive Aging pt. 1 - Dr. Stacy Smallfield
Dr. Smallfield is a fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) with an extensive background in low vision and geriatric rehab. She shares with us some of her research and recommendations and resources for working with these populations. A link to the practice guidelines on...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
We are an occupational therapy (OT) podcast striving to narrow the research gap and help practitioners translate research into practice as simply as possible. We are shifting perspectives in OT research and practice from what happened, to how to make good things happen. We tell stories, portray OT culture, and identify principles for practitioners to improve the health outcomes of their clients.
HOSTED BY
Matt Brandenburg
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