Occupational Therapy: Key To Participation In Daily Life For People With Rheumatic Disease

Name: Occupational Therapy: Key To Participation In Daily Life For People With Rheumatic Disease
Price: 129.00 USD
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Rating: 4 (2968 reviews)

Course: #5850Level: Intermediate 1 Hour 2968 Reviews

Occupational performance deficits and work disability in people with rheumatic diseases remain high despite advances in medical and pharmacological management Yet, people are often not referred to occupational therapy unless there are hand impairments. This presentation reviews the role and need for occupational therapy in rheumatology care, including interventions to improve hand function, self-management of fatigue, pain, stress and anxiety, and strategies to prevent work disability.

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Course Type: Video

CEUs/Hours Offered: AOTA/0.1 Intermediate, OT Service Delivery, 06109; CE Broker/1.0 General (FL), Patient Related (AL), General Continuing Education (GA), Direct Client/patient Services In Occupational Therapy (SC), Related To OT (AZ), Related To OT (LA), Directly Related To OT (MS), Directly Related To OT (TN), CE Broker #20-991946; IACET/0.1; NBCOT PDUs/1.25 Intermediate, Rehabilitation

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Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to analyze symptoms of rheumatic diseases that impact occupational performance, including work.
After this course, participants will be able to evaluate occupational therapy interventions to improve hand function and reduce symptoms such as fatigue, pain, stress to improve the ability to perform meaningful occupations.
After this course, participants will be able to examine the evidence for occupational therapy interventions.

Course created on January 31, 2023

Agenda

0-5 Minutes	Introduction
5-15 Minutes	Review of rheumatic disease and symptoms that affect performance in daily life; Discuss the need for OT
15-25 Minutes	Review assessments
25-50 Minutes	Discuss interventions for hand impairments and symptoms: pain, ergonomics, fatigue, stress and wellbeing, work disability, and the evidence for the interventions
50-55 Minutes	Resources for therapists, patients
55-60 Minutes	Summary; Q & A

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Presented By

Janet Poole
PhD OTR/L, FAOTA

Janet L. Poole, PhD, OTR/L, is a Professor and Director of the Occupational Therapy Graduate Program at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Poole has worked with many people with different rheumatic diseases, published and presented on rheumatology-related content to students and health professionals, and mentored students’ research projects focused on occupational performance challenges faced by people with arthritis. Dr. Poole served as President of the Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP) from 2019-2020, and in 2022 the ARP honored with the Master’s Designation, for those “who have made outstanding contributions to the field of rheumatology through service to the ACR/ARP and advancements in research, practice, education, and/or advocacy from the ARP”.

Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Janet Poole received an honorarium for presenting this course. Non-financial: Janet Poole has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by OccupationalTherapy.com, a Continued site.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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American Occupational Therapy Association

OccupationalTherapy.com is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development, #7659. Course approval ID# 06109. This distance learning - independent course is offered at 0.1 CEUs/contact hours (Intermediate level, OT Service Delivery Area). The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

CE Broker

OccupationalTherapy.com is an approved provider for CE Broker, provider #50-14558. This course is offered for 1.0 hours. If you are an OT/OTA in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina or Tennessee, CE Broker may be of interest to you.

International Association for Continuing Education and Training

continued, LLC, DBA OccupationalTherapy.com, is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). continued complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, continued is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. continued, LLC, is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEUs for this program.

National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy

OccupationalTherapy.com is a NBCOT® Professional Development Provider. This course is offered for 1.25 NBCOT PDUs (Intermediate level, Rehabilitation Area). NBCOT® is a registered trademark of The National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.