Closing the Gap for Neurological Patients in Rural Iowa

Name: Closing the Gap for Neurological Patients in Rural Iowa
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Doctoral Capstone Experience

Created byKaragan Dawn Fisher

Last updated 4/2022

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What you'll learn

Understand the need for rural outpatient occupational therapy services for the neurological population
List 3 functional interventions for patients with neurological conditions
Identify interdisciplinary professions which were contacted to increase referrals to outpatient occupational therapy
Have access to resources for outpatient neuro occupational therapy assessment and interventions

Course content

1 section • 7 lectures • 30m total length

Introduction1:08
Explore planning, implementation, and outcomes of a rural Iowa capstone project to expand outpatient occupational therapy for patients with neurological conditions, highlighting functional interventions and referral partners.
Development3:44
The lecture presents a needs assessment of rural Iowa neurological patients, exploring transition from urban inpatient to rural outpatient occupational therapy and elements for safety at discharge and readmission reduction.
Implementation11:28
Implements evidence-based, occupation-based practice in outpatient occupational therapy to increase referrals for neuro patients in rural Iowa, guided by PEOP, and develops practical protocols and discharge processes.
Resources6:49
Develop a neuro reference binder for outpatient occupational therapy detailing brain anatomy, diagnoses, assessments, and interventions, and use functional kits to boost independence and referrals.
Opportunities2:59
Explore opportunities to develop a free neuro clinic for uninsured or between-care patients in rural Iowa, and a future driver rehabilitation program, improving referrals and access to care.
Outcomes1:18
Track neural referrals and evaluations to show growth from a small caseload to ten neuro patients by week 14, expanding outpatient occupational therapy in rural Iowa with functional intervention kits.
Questions, References, Acknowledgements3:25
The doctoral capstone outlines increasing outpatient occupational therapy referrals for rural neurological patients, detailing case management, home health, inpatient rehab, and five functional intervention kits.

Requirements

No programming or experience needed. Beneifical to have occupational therapy and basic knowledge on neurological diagnoses

Description

Welcome to "Closing the Gap for Neurological Patients in Rural Iowa". A course dedicated to outpatient occupational therapy, neuro patients, and rural Iowa health care. In this course you will learn about the gap in occupational therapy care in rural Iowa and what I did during my doctoral capstone experience to work towards closing this gap. By participating in this course, I hope to increase your understanding of my doctoral capstone project including the development and implementation of the project. As well as find your own questions about the gap between care settings as I hope we as practitioners can continue to decrease this. By enrolling and completing this course, you will be able to access different assessment tools and intervention plans to implement in outpatient occupational therapy services as well as identify various health care providers and disciplines that impact referrals to outpatient therapy services.

At the end of this presentation you will find multiple references used throughout this experience to gather information and create content in which I hope you are able to utilize within your treatment setting. Within the resources folder, you will be able to access assessments and interventions I have compiled throughout my experience. Please feel free to reach out to the author with any questions or comments. Thank you for watching.

Who this course is for:

OTs, COTAs, OT students with interest in outpatient, neuro, and rural areas