How To OT

Matt Brandenburg
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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.

  1. 08/03/2020

    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 implemented to improve the learning of new and experienced MWC users.

    29 min

  2. 07/27/2020

    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 practitioners can do to decrease caregiver stress.

    33 min

  3. 07/20/2020

    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 the comfortable cafeteria training with enjoyable experiences.

    39 min

  4. 07/13/2020

    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: leanna.namovic@gmail.com

    34 min

  5. 07/06/2020

    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., & Reitz, M. S. (2015). Program evaluation. In M. Scaffa & M. S. Reitz (Eds.), Occupational Therapy in Community Based Practice Setting (2 ed.). Philadelphia: FA Davis Company. Lorig, K. R., & Holman, H. (2003). Self-management education: History, definition, outcomes, and mechanisms. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 26(1), 1-7. doi:10.1207/s15324796abm2601_01 Perlmutter, M. S., & Hussey, G. (2017). Living life with vision loss: A community-based selfmanagement program for people with low vision. SIS Quarterly Practice Connections, 2(3), 24-26.

    29 min

  6. 06/29/2020

    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 intervention to diverse populations in Guatemala.

    28 min

  7. 06/22/2020

    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 website: https://cedarmidwest.org/

    36 min

  8. 06/15/2020

    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 Sheet: https://www.aota.org/About-Occupational-Therapy/Professionals/HW/Sleep.aspx https://sleepot.org/ Thrive and Sleep Revolution by Arianna Huffington: http://ariannahuffington.com/thrive Why we Sleep by Matthew Walker: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0752XRB5F/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

    57 min
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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.

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  • Creator
    Matt Brandenburg
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2020
  • Episodes
    35
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Matt Brandenburg
  • Show Website
    How To OT