This course looks at practice errors in occupational therapy and how to prevent them. It reviews root-cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, patient safety, and contraindications and indications specific to occupational therapy management, including medication and side effects.
Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to recognize the purpose of root cause analysis and how it can prevent errors in occupational therapy.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify the potential for the occurrence of medical errors in occupational therapy practice and how to avoid them in the work environment to promote patient safety.
- After this course, participants will be able to recognize patient/client safety protocols to implement within the occupational therapy environment and interdisciplinary team, through processes that prevent errors.
- After this course, participants will be able to list the factors that give rise to medical errors in occupational therapy practice and analyze the presence and impact of these factors in their work environment, including medications and their side effects.
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction - Introduction, Introduction to Errors and what causes them, Example of COVID-19 related errors |
| 5-10 Minutes | Intro to OT and risk analysis. What causes medical errors? Communication, parents, and adverse events in children |
| 10-20 Minutes | Main categories; Background on Medical Errors |
| 20-30 Minutes | Costs, Locations, and Problems with Medical Errors; IOM Report Recommendations |
| 30-35 Minutes | Definitions; Errors; Adverse Events |
| 35-50 Minutes | Older Adults and Medication Errors- Beers List; High-Risk Meds; Medication Errors in Children |
| 50-60 Minutes | Classic Adverse Events; Medicare and Medicaid Do-Not-Pay Lists |
| 60-75 Minutes | Preventing Medical Errors, Adverse Events, and Sentinel/Never Events in OT; Error Reduction; Coping Strategies |
| 75-85 Minutes | Worksite Responses; Studies of Perceptions of New Grads; Caregivers' Role |
| 85-105 Minutes | Root Cause Analysis: Definitions, How To, Tools, and Corrective Action |
| 105-115 Minutes | OT's Legal and Ethical Reporting Requirements; Medical Management and Maintenance -OT Role |
| 115-120 Minutes | Summary, Q & A |
Reviews
421 Reviews
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Johanna
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January 24, 2021
It make me see how OT can play a role in preventing errors
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January 24, 2021
The presenter was very thorough in her explanations
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Member
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January 24, 2021
Learning about all the new changes and refresh my memory of the laws and rules.
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Shaqueala
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January 23, 2021
The personal stories
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Corrinne
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January 23, 2021
I love all of your courses
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Member
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January 23, 2021
Just based on the instructor sharing her personal experience and professional experience with Medical errors made me realize that paying Attention is the key to preventing Medical errors. A lot of our Health Professional are over worked and its not good for the Patients.
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Rachel
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January 23, 2021
I always enjoy courses by Dr Kornblau. She includes lots of stories and real life examples that help make the information relatable to day to day life.
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Angela
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January 23, 2021
Instructor easy to listen to-knowledgeable
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Kim
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January 22, 2021
a unique and interesting perspective about a common subject.
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Member
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January 22, 2021
Pertinent information compiled into an interesting easy to listen to presentation
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Member
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January 22, 2021
Presenter was knowledgeable in both OT and law.
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Member
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January 22, 2021
The information and resources shared with passion from the instructor. Got more and will remember more from the live class than just reading from text.
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Lucia
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January 22, 2021
Presentation was well prepared and covered issues that I had no had prior knowledge to.
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Edlyn
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January 22, 2021
The instructor was highly knowledgeable and shared personal correlating experiences that will stay with me a long time
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Pam
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January 22, 2021
Very useful and practical resources
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Member
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January 22, 2021
Examples
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Sandra
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January 22, 2021
Presenter demonstrated enthusiasm and good knowledge of subject area
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Dana
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January 22, 2021
Learning from others experience is valuable information.
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Breanna
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January 22, 2021
Good information.
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Member
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January 22, 2021
Great speaker, great examples.
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Member
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January 22, 2021
It was both interesting and useful. I like all the real world examples and practical solutions.
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Rhonda
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January 22, 2021
What made this course excellent was how the presenter didn’t hold back. She brought us “realistic” answers and evidence for every topic throughout the course.
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Aimee
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January 22, 2021
The case studies and materials to use in practice.
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Ryan
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January 22, 2021
Very dynamic speaker and passionate about the topic
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HEIDI
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January 21, 2021
appreciated all the resources for assessments
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Elsie
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January 21, 2021
She is such a great resource. A lawyer and an OTR. To have her on our side is beneficial. Her manner of presenting makes it easy to understand. Everything she mentioned was completely relatable!
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Diana
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January 21, 2021
Mrs.Kornblau is a dynamic speaker- engaging and love her real life examples
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Pam
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January 21, 2021
Great speaker! Informative class
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Debra
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January 21, 2021
Informative, sharing personal experiences made it more interesting and memorable.
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Reuben
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January 21, 2021
The information presented is relevant to my clinical setting & very informative.
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Paige
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January 21, 2021
There was a ton of information and the slides that corresponded to what Ms. Kornblau was presenting really helped. I could go back to them and get it sorted out in my head plus have them to refer to. That is a big deal as Ms. Kornblau is an expert as she aptly demonstrates with the immense detailed knowledge on this subject. The handouts are a great resource to her very well developed presentation.
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Alyson
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January 21, 2021
Lots of great, relevant examples and studies!
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Ali
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January 21, 2021
Comprehensive
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I'ola
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January 21, 2021
She used a lot of personal references; I appreciated that transparency.
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Member
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January 21, 2021
it has given me knowledge on how to be able to help patients achieve maximum performance and safety and enhanced my knowledge on how to prevent errors and how to address errors if encountered. I have been a patient advocate on how they feel and it has just given me more confidence that I am on the right tract.
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Paige
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January 21, 2021
Good examples and prevention information.
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Kristen
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January 21, 2021
Great resources for not only our patients but also our families and ourselves. Medication errors and mismanagement is a huge issue and I do like how you highlighted patient empowerment and also I loved what you said about talking to your patients about all these things vs last weeks wedding you went to. Unfortunately this is what happens many times- just small talk in the clinic when many issues can be addressed including doing medication management as part of IADL.
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Juliette
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January 21, 2021
great speaker
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Jason
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January 21, 2021
Great statistics and incredible knowledge on the topic.
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Daphene
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January 21, 2021
Knowledge shared by the presenter.
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Renee
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January 21, 2021
Great information, relevant and interesting.
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Member
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January 21, 2021
Too much focus on percentages and studies. One would have been sufficient. Very boring.
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Kelly
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January 21, 2021
Well organized and very informative. Great refresher for what all OT practitioners should already know and be implementing
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Barbara
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January 21, 2021
Contains a great deal of info and Instructor provided additional clinical and practical strategies
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Gayle
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January 21, 2021
Thank you for such an informative course! The application of Occupational Therapy Practice was nicely covered - Looking forward to my next course.
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Melissa
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January 21, 2021
stories from speaker; I especially enjoyed the end when the speaker focused specifically on OT
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Member
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January 21, 2021
Interactive
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Terri
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January 21, 2021
Personal stories, and resources
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Amy
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January 21, 2021
presenter extremely knowledgeable and informative. typically a boring topic with lots of statistics but she made it interesting
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Graeleigh
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January 21, 2021
The thorough explanation of Root Cause Analysis, the very specific advice about not relying on abbreviations in documentation in order to avoid communication errors, and the extensive resource list and references (such as the Beers list, the medication management websites, and empowering clients to be "engaged patients") were very helpful. Thank you.
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Andrea
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January 21, 2021
Great knowledge base, life experiences and enthusiasm
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Teresa
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January 21, 2021
I love the resources and reminder about the beers medication list. It will help in a current clinical situation to be able to share this info.
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Member
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January 21, 2021
I like that it was applied to OT more so than other medical errors classes I have taken
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Dayse
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January 21, 2021
Explained in good detail.
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Member
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January 21, 2021
Very informative and appreciated the examples.
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Danielle
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January 21, 2021
Very helpful. Lots of great examples.
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Mary
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January 21, 2021
Lots of information and passionate about the topic.
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Shirley
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January 21, 2021
The review of root cause analysis, 5 why's, Tips to prevent medical errors, checklist to give to patient's
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Nicole
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January 21, 2021
speaker
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GAIL
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January 21, 2021
The speakers examples and her enthusiasm!
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Yuri
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January 21, 2021
Many practical examples from the OT Practice
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Marybeth
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January 21, 2021
All material is relevant to our practice
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Alexis
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January 21, 2021
Excellent real situation and current problems in the field.
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Brooke
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January 21, 2021
I always enjoy Barbara Kornblau's CEU's. She is an excellent presenter and resource to OT and I appreciate the added current COVID -19 associations. Thank you for your time and work.
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Member
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January 21, 2021
Good presenter
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Heather
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January 21, 2021
Her passion and knowledge about the subject along with her great resources
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Kimberly
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January 21, 2021
great examples
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Ashley
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January 21, 2021
Real life examples
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Carol
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January 21, 2021
The details of all the methods of preventing repeat of errors
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Member
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December 22, 2020
Going into depth about necessary topics
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Member
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December 21, 2020
Fresh and current information.
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Member
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December 20, 2020
Great examples on how to implement this into practice
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Rebecca
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December 18, 2020
Presenter
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Sarah
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December 18, 2020
Use of personal and professional experiences
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Member
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December 18, 2020
Ms's passion for OT
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Kathryn
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December 18, 2020
Wonderful presenter. Great personal and professional examples.
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Rolcie
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December 18, 2020
Easy to understand and she used personal stories.
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Member
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December 18, 2020
Presenter explained the topic well and provided good examples.
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Carol
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December 18, 2020
Updated information for current pandemic and great tips and resources for clinicians. Thank you.
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Member
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December 18, 2020
good content
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Dominique
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December 18, 2020
Her examples were awesome and love the details in her slides
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Elaine
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December 17, 2020
information provided, and personal stories
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Elizabeth
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December 17, 2020
I love lectures by Barbara Kornblau. She's the best. She makes everything interesting and empowering. I will most likely listen to the recorded version because she is she a motivation speaker. Thank you Barbara.
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Matthew
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December 17, 2020
way too much info, data. Speaker seemed rushed to get through material. Should focus more on overall findings and implications and less on study after study and numbers, numbers, numbers
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Member
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December 17, 2020
This topic matter is not as directly related to my job setting, but thought it was very informative.
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Karen
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December 17, 2020
Very enthusiastic about role and importance of OT.
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Shanna
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December 17, 2020
Instructor very knowledgable
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Susan
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December 17, 2020
Great presenter.
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Christina
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December 17, 2020
Very informative and engaging presenter. Plenty of resources.
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Michelle
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December 17, 2020
Presenter has excellent knowledge and enthusiasm for the topic area
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Member
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December 17, 2020
The examples of prevention approaches will be very useful for my everyday practice.
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Kyle
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December 17, 2020
Easy to follow and engaging
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Member
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December 17, 2020
I appreciated the personal and professional examples.
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Anna
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December 17, 2020
Very informative and well-presented course. Lots of examples of medical errors from personal experience.
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Caroline
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December 17, 2020
Instructor used real-patient examples and OT settings.
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Annette
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December 17, 2020
The instructor shared personal experience to make the information more impactful
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Julie
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December 17, 2020
I loved how the presenter shared her clinical experience as well as her personal experience in this course. She was very informative and engaging!!
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Toni
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December 17, 2020
Very empowering for OTs to recognize their role and importance of recognizing and taking steps to prevent errors or at least stop errors before they cause permanent damage or death.
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Sandra
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December 17, 2020
The speaker was fabulous. I loved her spirit on being a strong pt advocator and OT being the best therapist to care for pt. It was one of the best class/course on being a strong OT for my pts!!! I wish I worked with her everyday for her compassion on being an OT ! Thank you thank you! 5+++ for score
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Tom
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December 17, 2020
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Presented By
Barbara Kornblau
JD OT/L, FAOTA
Barbara L. Kornblau, JD, OTR/L, FAOTA, DASPE, CCM, CDMS, CPE is an attorney, an occupational therapist, a certified case manager, a certified disability management specialist, and a person with a disability. She is a Professor, (working remotely) and Program Director of Idaho State University’s Occupational Therapy Program and a consultant to the United Spinal Association’s Pathways to Employment Program
Dr. Kornblau is a former Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow in the U.S. Senate, where she worked on disability issues. She is a Past President of the American Occupational Therapy Association and a past chair of the AOTA Commission on Standards and Ethics. She is the current Advocacy and Policy Coordinator of AOTA’s Rehabilitation and Disability Special Interest Section. As an attorney, she litigated cases under the Americans with Disabilities Act, involving discrimination in employment, state and local government services, and health care services. Dr. Kornblau has presented nationally and internationally and is widely published.
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Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Barbara Kornblau received an honorarium for presenting these course materials. Non-financial: Barbara Kornblau has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
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Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by OccupationalTherapy.com.
Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.
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