Posters, Presentations, and Conferences – oh my!

We are happy to announce that we have many student and/or faculty presentations and posters at TWO (yes – two) conferences this weekend. If you are heading to the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association (POTA) Conference in King of Prussia, you may want to check out the the list of sessions below, and keep reading to learn about a presentation at the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Education Summit in Las Vegas, NV.

POTA – FRIDAY Oct 18, 2019

8:30 AM – 9:20 AM

• Interoception Awareness Intervention: Improving Occupational Performance of Toileting  – Kaylin Echterling, MS, OT (‘19); Brooke Jones, MS, OT (‘19); Kelly Zielinski, MS, OT (‘19); & Kerri Hample, OTD, OTR/L, FMCHC

10:30 AM– 12:20 PM

• Empowering the Anxious Student – Christine Achenbach, MEd, OTR/L

11:30 AM – 12:20 PM 

• Addressing Sexuality in Acute Care Practice  – Hannah Burleigh, OTS: & Gina Fox, OTD, OTR/L

11:30 AM – 12:20 PM – Poster Session

• Primary Care: What’s Stopping Us? – Joshua Reed, OTS; Kerri Hample, OTD, OTR/L

• Clinician and Caregiver Perspectives on the BBC Sensory Scales  – Lauren Helmig, MS, OT (‘19); Brittany Romano, MS, OT (‘19); & Nancy Carlson, Ph. D. OTR/L

• Billing and Clinical Reasoning: Do the New CPT Codes Impact Clinical Reasoning? – Judy Ericksen, PhD, OTR/L

• Peripheral Vascular Disease: An OT’s Guide to Participation – Gina Feeney, OTS; Ann Marie Potter, PhD, OTR/L

2:30 PM – 3:20 PM

• Are You Anxious? How do You Know: Interoceptive Awareness – Megan Anderson, MS, OT (‘19); Alexa Feduchak, MS, OT (‘19); Chelsea Dantona, MS, OT (‘19); & Kerri Hample, OTD, OTR/L, FMCHC

3:30 – 4:20 PM Poster Session

• Recent Graduates’ Perspectives of Fieldwork and Occupation-Based Practice –  Amanda Sabol, MS (‘19); Jordan Klase, MS (‘19); Morgan Smith, MS (‘19); & Judy Ericksen, PhD, OTR/L

POTA SATURDAY Oct. 19, 2019

11:00 AM – 11:50 AM

• Upper Extremity Device Adherence Following Acquired Brain Injury – Courtney Schauer, MS, OT (‘19); Angelina Farole, MS, OT (‘19); Bryn Yurick, MS, OT (‘19); & Gina Fox, OTD, OTR/L

11:10 AM – 12:00 Noon Poster Session 

• The Impact of Fall Prevention Education for Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease – Missy Ziegler, OTS; & Gina Fox, OTD, OTR/L

• Young Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Ideal Components of a Transition Program – Deborah Waltermire, DrPH, OTR/L, Emma Christman, MS, OT (‘19); Jenna Pelonero MS, OT (‘19)

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AOTA Education Summit, Las Vegas, NV

SATURDAY Oct 19, 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM

Platform 204B –  Academic Intraprofessional Collaboration: Empiricism to Practice Content Focus: Signature Pedagogies  – Terri Dennehy, DEd, OTR/L & Janeene Sibla, OTD, OTR/L