AgrAbility and Occupational Therapy Anna Lewandowski OTD OTRL St Anthony Regional Hospital Carroll Iowa Featured guest speaker Rod Peterson Participants will be able to Identify the role occupational therapy can play in farmers with amp without disabilities overall health ID: 573703
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Cultivate a Partnership:AgrAbility and Occupational Therapy
Anna Lewandowski, OTD, OTR/L
St. Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, Iowa
*Featured guest speaker, Rod PetersonSlide2
Participants will be able to:Identify the role occupational therapy can play in farmers’ (with & without disabilities) overall healthRecognize the benefits of a partnership with occupational therapy students &
AgrAbility
List possible programming ideas for your respective state AgrAbility project
Session ObjectivesSlide3
Occupational therapy:“therapeutic use of occupations…including everyday life activities…to support
participation, performance, & function
in all environments”“determine how the components of the workplace can facilitate a healthy
and
efficient environment or one that could cause injury or illness” (AOTA, 2004)includes a “holistic perspective, in which the focus is on adapting the environment to fit the person”
What is Occupational Therapy?Slide4
Farming includes…Occupation/workRoutineEnvironment
Motivation
HobbyWay of life!
Occupational therapy and farmingSlide5
EducationNetworkingAssistanceMarketing
AgrAbility
PrioritiesSlide6
My experience with Nebraska
AgrAbilitySlide7
AssistanceOn-site farm visits Education
Safety
Days presentations to youthTrain-the-trainer sessionsMRASH Conference
Video to display at
eventsMy experienceSlide8
NetworkingInterview with NTVSuccessful Farming articleMarketing
(Continued)Slide9
Assessing similarities/differences among AgrAbility clients and local farmersMost common location of pain
Chores that elicit
pain
View from a healthcare providerSlide10
AgrAbility’s mission correlates with occupational therapy!This collaboration has the potential to benefit OT students and facultyRotation opportunities
Future practice in rural health
Providing a different knowledge base
My experience with Nebraska
AgrAbilitySlide11
Primary prevention of injuries and/or musculoskeletal symptomsAssistive technologyEx: built-up handles for five-gallon bucketsEducational opportunities
Safety Days
Link between OT and
AgrAbilitySlide12
Latest, most current research (evidence-based practice)Health/medical perspective to educational and assessment opportunitiesPossibility for secondary conditions
Lesson plans for future use with youth
Networking to a different crowdStudentsOther healthcare
providers/colleagues
Two-way educational streetOT students & faculty have so much to offer AgrAbility!Slide13
Encourage health & wellness to farmers at fairs/eventsInvite students to on-site farm assessmentsCollaborate with OT studentsActivity analyses of farm chores
Programing PossibilitiesSlide14
Rod PetersonNebraska AgrAbility
The other perspective…Slide15
http://www.aota.org/Educate/Schools/EntryLevelOT/Doctoral.aspxhttp://
www.aota.org/Educate/Schools/EntryLevelOT/38119.aspx
http://www.aota.org/Educate/Schools/EntryLevelOT/38117.aspx
Accredited OT and OTA programsSlide16Slide17
Anna Lewandowski, OTR/Laelewandowski@stanthonyhospital.org
Questions, comments, etc.?