Latest Evidence based practice Podcast Episodes
#79: OT Hopes and Fears for AI with Alyson Stover and Karen Jacobs
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - April 25, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsThe idea of AI transforming occupational therapy stirs both hopes and fears. Will it help us revolutionize our broken systems? Will it augment the best of our care? Or will it bolster inequality and threaten our jobs? This is a story we are actively writing—and have the power to shape. In...
#78: OT and Habits with Zipporah Brown
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - April 18, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsThere is a growing public consciousness around the power (and difficulty) of habit change, especially as the impact of chronic conditions soars. And, as we’ll see in the featured scoping review on OT and habit change/health promotion, we’ve been addressing habits since 1912, it is a core part...
#77: OT and Making the OTD Capstone Matter with Daniel Rortvedt & Alana Woolley
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - April 04, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsThe number of OT entry-level doctoral (OTD) programs has been expanding rapidly. In 2017 there were 7 programs. As of 2023, there are 95, with an additional 76 in development. The article we'll cover in this course presents early stage research on the doctoral capstone experience and employmen...
#76: OT and Pediatric Constipation with Quiara Smith
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - March 21, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsI’ve been surprised as my own kids enter elementary school to anecdotally find that constipation is a common reason to miss activities. But, this aligns perfectly with the research we look at today, and the growing concern that constipation has become a public health concern. As many as 32% ...
#75: Knowledge Translation and OT with Tim Dionne
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - March 07, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsIt takes an average of 17 years for evidence to make its way into practice. The fields of knowledge translation and implementation science are seeking to change this. And, today we are looking at a scoping review of knowledge translation research in rehab. To be frank, I think the article is...
#74: Finger Prosthetics and OT with Haley Van Escobar
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - February 22, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsThe art and science of digital prosthetics is rapidly advancing. Yet, many people with amputated fingers do not wear a prosthetic. Part of the problem may be our own fault as health providers. We may be stuck in old stereotypes of poor outcomes and limited options related to digital prosthet...
#73: Diversity in OT with Arameh Anvarizadeh
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - February 08, 2024 16:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsIn previous courses, we’ve discussed that one of the primary ways we can improve our care, as OT professionals, is to increase the diversity of our workforce—with the ultimate goal of having our workforce’s diversity mirror the diversity of the populations we are seeing. This goal will ensure w...
#72: What is OT in 2024? with Ryan Lavalley and Carlin Reaume
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - January 25, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsThrough OT Potential, we’ve released over 70 episodes all exploring new influential OT research. As we enter 2024, it’s time to reflect on the research and ask: What trends are we seeing in OT? How is new research enriching how we think about our practice? In this 1 hour-episode, we’ll talk ...
#71: Building a Global OT Profession with Vikram Pagpatan
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - January 11, 2024 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsSince this keynote address from the World Federation of Occupational Therapy Congress was published in 2019, it has been cited so many times that it made our list of the 100 most-cited OT journal articles. It’s easy to see why this has become such a popular read. The article stitches occupatio...
#70: OT and Dyslexia with Penny Stack
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - December 15, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsDyslexia is the most common form of neurodivergence. It affects around 20% of the population, meaning that people with dyslexia are on almost every occupational therapy professional’s caseload. And yet, not enough OT-specific research and resources have been devoted to how we can help this pop...
#69: OT for Adults with Intellectual Disability with Dr. Meghan Blaskowitz and Dr. Wanda Mahoney
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - November 30, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsFor OT professionals working with adults with intellectual disabilities it can feel like there is a lack of resources around best practices for working with this population. Today’s article flips that long-held narrative on its head. The authors set out to find evidence to inform OT for adult...
#68: Acute Care OT and PT After Birth with Jenna and Rebeca Segraves
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - November 16, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsMaternal deaths are on the rise, here in the United States. And, we have a postpartum mental health crisis. In OT 90% of us are women, and many of us have personally experienced the inadequate support given to birthing individuals. But, not enough of us have stepped back to ask: why aren’t...
#67: Pain and OT with Irvin Eisenberg
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - November 02, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsI once heard a neuroscientist say: Many of our frameworks end up being wrong—because the body is more complicated than we ever imagined. Pain science perfectly illustrates this. We are living in an era where new frameworks are being written—because classical understandings of pain have not o...
#66: Early Intervention Timing and Intensity with Sarah Putt
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - October 19, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsThe main finding of this important research from JAMA is extremely promising for early intervention OT professionals. In the study, greater early intervention service intensity was associated with better functional gains. But, there’s a problem. Federal spending per child on early intervent...
#65: OT & Perinatal Pelvic Health with Kyrsten Spurrier and Carlin Reaume
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - October 05, 2023 14:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsThe number of OT’s providing perinatal care is on the rise. Which is exciting…and necessary. There remain so many gaps in the care of new and expecting moms, among which is treating incontinence. As we’ll see in our featured journal article, a staggering percentage of women experience in...
#64: CO-OP Approach and Cerebral Palsy with Helene Polatajko
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - September 20, 2023 14:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsThe OT treatment approaches that are gaining support from evidence, seem to have one common thread between them: The clients set their own goals. Today, we look at a pioneer of this client-centered process, The CO-OP Approach™. We’ll dive into a new research article where, yet again, we see C...
#63: OT and ADHD with Bryden Carlson-Giving
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - September 05, 2023 15:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsThe number of children diagnosed with ADHD has been steadily increasing. Now it is estimated that 1/10 children will be diagnosed with ADHD at some point. Even though about half of these children receive some type of behavioral treatment, there has been a lack of studies around OT-specific supp...
#62: Self-Determination for Autistic Students with Dora Onwumere
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - August 21, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsSelf-determination interventions are linked to positive academic and functional attainment results—and, most compellingly, can improve post-secondary outcomes. But what does it look like for OT professionals to foster self-determination in the school setting? In this one hour course, we’ll b...
#61: Strengths-based OT for Autistic People with Kavitha Murthi
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - August 07, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsIf you are an occupational therapy professional working with autistic people, you’ve likely heard of strengths-based practice (SBP). But, does this approach work? And, what are the benefits of it? In this one hour OT CEU course we will discuss a scoping review that explores these questions...
#61: Strengths-based OT for Autistic People
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - August 07, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsIf you are an occupational therapy professional working with autistic people, you’ve likely heard of strengths-based practice (SBP). But, does this approach work? And, what are the benefits of it? In this one hour OT CEU course we will discuss a scoping review that explores these questions...
#60: OT and Psoriatic Arthritis with Duana Russell-Thomas
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - July 24, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWhere does OT fit in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) care? In this one hour course we’ll dive into a comprehensive guideline for psoriatic arthritis treatment, which recommends patients utilize a mix of non-pharmacological tools, like occupational therapy. This article will help you brush up on ps...
#59: OT Education for Planetary Health with Moses Ikiugu
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - July 10, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWhat does planetary health have to do with occupational therapy? The author’s of this week’s article argue that engagement with environmental sustainability is foundational for our profession. The authors aim to help OT students and professionals translate environmental awareness to practica...
#58: OT and AI with Sarah Brzeszkiewicz
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - June 19, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsIs AI going to replace occupational therapy? There’s no doubt that this technology will transform healthcare. It will surely accelerate the existing move toward healthcare taking place at home. To help us wrap our minds around this transformation, we review an article that explores three tech...
#57: OT for Spasticity in Adults
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - June 05, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsSpasticity can be present in many of the conditions we treat as occupational therapy professionals. And, it can add significant cost and burden for our patients. The article we are discussing in this 1-hour course gives you a big picture overview of the science behind what we know (and don’t...
#56: Depression in Neurodegenerative Diseases with Rachel Wiley
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - May 12, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsThe research we are discussing on this 1-hour episode really drives home the complex connection between depression and 3 neurodegenerative diseases: Alzehimer’s Disease Parkinson’s Disease Huntington Disease Even though depression has a high comorbidity with all of these diseases, you’ll le...
#55: OT, Plagiocephaly, and Cognitive Outcomes with Amirra Condelee
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - May 01, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsPlagiocephaly has historically been thought of as a benign, cosmetic issue. But, the seminal study we are looking at during this 1-hour course indicates that severe to moderate skull deformity may be best understood as a biomarker for developmental vulnerability. As we’ll see, moderate to seve...
#54: Cancer Rehab for Older Adults with Mackenzi Pergolotti
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - April 10, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsAbout half of cancer survivors report difficulty with ADLs and a third difficulty with iADLs. But, unfortunately, only around 1 in 10 older adults with cancer who have a known functional limitation receive a referral to OT or PT. Even less make it to an eval. And, even less than that, comple...
#53: OT & Smart Home Tech Adoption with Carol Chiang
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - March 26, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsThe research we’ve explored on the podcast, seems to be pointing to a new reality: The future of healthcare will be in the home. But, how will we get there? How will our homes ever be ready to age in place? The transition is going to be a complex story of the right technologies, the right f...
#52: Anti-racist OT Praxis with Khalilah R. Johnson and Ryan Lavalley
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - March 13, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsAs occupational therapy providers, we have a duty to truly understand the word “occupation.” This means acknowledging the role occupation has played in shaping societal policies and norms, many of which are fundamentally unjust. We also need to admit that our professional knowledge base, itse...
#51: Racism and Occupation with Ryan Lavalley and Khalilah R. Johnson
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs - February 27, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsThe article we are looking at today challenges us to look critically at occupation—and how it can be used as a tool for justice or injustice. The reality is that many of us have narrowed our view of occupation into the medicalized and individualized categories of ADLs. But, we know from rese...
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