• All Wheels Up: Addressing Air Travel Accessibility
    Aug 28 2024

    On today's episode we speak with Alexandra Bruce. Alexandra serves as the medical advisory board chair and advocacy committee chair for the non-profit organization All Wheels Up. We discuss the barriers and risks that people with disabilities face when participating in air travel, and proposed solutions to improve air travel accessibility including designated wheelchair zones on planes and standardized training for airport and airline employees. She shares recommendations to address accessibility and air travel performance for occupational therapy practitioners across settings and resources to support change and equity.

    The 2024 AOTA Podcast episodes are sponsored by NYU Steinhardt’s top-ranked Department of Occupational Therapy.

    PVA Accessible Air travel page: pva.org

    MDA: www.mda.org

    AWU research page: www.allwheelsup.org

    Davies, A., & Christie, N. (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iatssr.2017.05.003

    Major, W. L., & Hubbard, S. M. (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2019.04.006

    Rossow, J., Starr, B., North, K., Stevenson, M., & Lampe, A. (2020). Occupational Therapy’s Role in Establishing Inclusive and Accessible Air Travel. OT Practice, 25(6), 27–29.

    Wintersgill, J., & Wood, C. H disabilityhorizons.com

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    50 mins
  • Everyday Evidence: Habits and Wellness in psychiatric neuro rehabilitation
    Aug 14 2024

    On today's episode we are joined by Sam Troia and Michael Tambone. We discuss their research and work in contributing to holistic approaches to care for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. They share evidence backed and innovative approaches to care for this population and give recommendations on how to improve health and well-being outcomes by enhancing individual’s habits and routines.

    Contact Hour Survey

    Additional Resources:

    Cognitive Remediation

    Habit Formation

    8 Dimensions of Wellness

    Motivational Interviewing

    Why We Sleep

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    57 mins
  • Sexuality and Intimacy
    Jul 31 2024

    On today's episode we speak with certified sexuality counselor and doctor of OT, Kathryn Ellis. We discuss the book Sexuality and Initmacy and she provides expert opinion and recommendations to help students, clinicians, and researches improve how they address sexuality and intimacy in practice.

    The 2024 AOTA Podcast episodes are sponsored by NYU Steinhardt’s top-ranked Department of Occupational Therapy.

    Resources:

    Sexuality and Intimacy Textbook

    Kathryn Ellis Resource page

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    51 mins
  • Everyday Evidence: Practice Guidelines for Adults Living With and Beyond Cancer
    Jun 26 2024

    On today's episode we are joined by Robin Newman and Katie Polo. We discuss their research and work in contributing to the Occupational Therapy Practice Guidelines for Adults Living With, and Beyond Cancer.. They share evidence included in the guidelines and give recommendations on how to improve the OT process when working with adults living with and beyond cancer across the care continuum.

    Contact Hour Survey

    Additional Resources:

    Cancer and Occupational Therapy

    AJOT Systematic Review Briefs

    American Cancer Society

    National Cancer Institute

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    55 mins
  • Peer Mentoring
    Jun 19 2024
    On today's episode we speak with Ariel Schwartz, Micah Peace Urquilla, Nikola Davern, Alix Herer, Jesse, and Dheva about their research and experiences with peer mentorship for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental health conditions. They share perspectives and recommendations to encourage stakeholder participation and leadership in the development and application of peer mentoring programs. The 2024 AOTA Podcast episodes are sponsored by NYU Steinhardt’s top-ranked Department of Occupational Therapy. Resources: PODCAST - Meet Boston University Peer Mentoring Research Team PODCAST - Mentoring and Research YOUTUBE - Boston University Mentoring and Research Team RESEARCH ARTICLE - 'Being a Part of Something' RESEARCH ARTICLE - Evaluating Fidelity RESEARCH ARTICLE - How Being a Researcher Impacted my Life RESEARCH ARTICLE - Feasibility RESEARCH ARTICLE - Stakeholder Driven Approach The 2024 AOTA Podcast episodes are sponsored by NYU Steinhardt’s top-ranked Department of Occupational Therapy. Resources: PODCAST - Meet Boston University Peer Mentoring Research Team YOUTUBE - Boston University Mentoring and Research Team RESEARCH ARTICLE - 'Being a Part of Something' RESEARCH ARTICLE - Evaluating Fidelity RESEARCH ARTICLE - How Being a Researcher Impacted my Life RESEARCH ARTICLE - Feasibility RESEARCH ARTICLE - Stakeholder Driven Approach The 2024 AOTA Podcast episodes are sponsored by NYU Steinhardt’s top-ranked Department of Occupational Therapy. Resources: PODCAST - Meet Boston University Peer Mentoring Research Team YOUTUBE - Boston University Mentoring and Research Team RESEARCH ARTICLE - 'Being a Part of Something' RESEARCH ARTICLE - Evaluating Fidelity RESEARCH ARTICLE - How Being a Researcher Impacted my Life RESEARCH ARTICLE - Feasibility RESEARCH ARTICLE - Stakeholder Driven Approach
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    42 mins
  • Streamlining OT Care with Artificial Intelligence
    May 29 2024

    On today's episode we speak with early AI adopters Vijay Muni and Jayson Davies who recently presented a webinar titled Integrating Artificial Intelligence into OT Practice. Their webinar outlines how to use artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance occupational therapy services and today they share helpful AI resources and techniques to help the practitioner streamline care.

    Resources:

    Webinar

    Chat GPT

    Google Gemini

    Everbility

    MagicSchool.AI

    Ella.Kids

    Article:

    Liu L. Occupational therapy in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2018;85(4):272-283. doi:10.1177/0008417418815179

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    52 mins
  • Everyday Evidence: Practice Guidelines for Autistic Individuals
    May 15 2024

    On today's episode we are joined by Kristie Patten, Stephen Shore, and Kavitha Murthi. We discuss their research and work in contributing to the soon to be published Occupational Therapy Practice Guidelines for Autistic Individuals across the lifespan. They give recommendations on how to improve the OT process when working with Autistic individuals, conduct inclusive and meaningful research, and discuss the limitations of current research and practice perspectives.

    Contact Hour Survey

    Additional Resources:

    Anti-ableism and scientific accuracy in autism research

    How Health Plans Could Improve the Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data

    Unite the spectrum

    Two sides of the spectrum podcast

    International Society for Autism Research

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    53 mins
  • Billing and Coding for Caregiver Training Services
    Apr 24 2024

    The Current Procedural Terminology 2024 code, that is effective as of January 1, 2024, includes a new subsection containing three new codes related to caregiver training without the patient present. On today's episode we speak with AOTA's incoming Executive Director Katie Jordan about the changes and implications for billing and coding practices.

    The 2024 AOTA Podcast episodes are sponsored by NYU Steinhardt’s top-ranked Department of Occupational Therapy.

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    36 mins