OT's Mental Health Response to the COVID Pandemic: The Medically Complex Client with HIV

This course will cover the physical, psychosocial, and environmental factors that the medically complex client may face during COVID-19. This will be highlighted through an overview of intervention development with people living with HIV and elevated fall risk. This is Day 1 of the virtual conference, OT's Mental Health Response to the COVID Pandemic.

Course created on November 20, 2020

Acute Care, Community and Home Health Mental Health, Health and Wellness Neurological and Physical Disabilities Virtual Conference: OT's Mental Health Response to the COVID Pandemic

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Course Type: Video

CEUs/Hours Offered: AOTA/0.1 Intermediate, OT Service Delivery, 001384; CE Broker/1.0 Home Study, General (FL), Patient Related (AL), General Continuing Education (GA), Direct Client/patient Services In Occupational Therapy (SC), CE Broker #20-760391; IACET/0.1; NBCOT PDUs/1.25 Intermediate, Mental Health

Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to identify client factors, performance skills, and performance patterns in people living with HIV with elevated fall risk.
After this course, participants will be able to identify at least 3 characteristics that differ in people living with HIV who fall and who do not fall.
After this course, participants will be able to list an evidence-based fall risk assessment.
After this course, participants will be able to recognize ways to pivot research participant recruitment and retention during COVID-19.
After this course, participants will be able to identify a novel fall risk intervention for people living with HIV during COVID-19.

Agenda

0-5 Minutes	Overview of presentation and objectives
5-10 Minutes	Overview of research context
10-20 Minutes	Introduction to medically complex client
20-45 Minutes	Fall prevention intervention
45-55 Minutes	Impact of COVID-19 and lessons learned
55-60 Minutes	Summary; Q & A

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Presented By

Simone Gill
PhD OTR/L

Dr. Simone Gill is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Boston University. She directs the Motor Development Lab, which examines how people's bodies and environmental demands influence walking and motor functioning across the lifespan. Current research in her lab focuses on fall risk and how adults modify their walking patterns to cope with changes in their bodies before and after bariatric surgery.

Christine Helfrich
PhD OTR/L, FAOTA

Christine Helfrich, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA is an Associate Professor in the Division of Occupational Therapy at American International College. She has worked clinically and developed student fieldwork programs throughout the spectrum of mental health settings. Her research focuses on understanding and meeting the needs of those least likely to receive occupational therapy services. Her work has defined the role of occupational therapy with survivors of domestic violence and people who have experienced homelessness as she seeks to include the voice of clients in all aspects of research, teaching, service, and fieldwork development. The interdependence of practice, research, and education is apparent in her work and focus on social learning and occupational justice.

Danny Shin
OTR/L

Danny Shin is an occupational therapist with expertise in neurorehabilitation and physical dysfunction. He is currently a PhD candidate in the Rehabilitation Sciences program at Boston University. His work focuses on examining how physical, psychosocial, and environmental factors impact fall risk in people living with chronic conditions.

Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Danny Shin, Simone Gill, and Christine Helfrich have received an honorarium for presenting this course. Non-financial: Danny Shin, Simone Gill, and Christine Helfrich have no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

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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