The course provides occupational therapists with foundational knowledge about primary care and the services they can provide in this setting. The module introduces learners to primary care, including definitions, core elements, equity-oriented primary care, models to support collaborative interprofessional practice and case examples. This module has been collaboratively developed with six professions and designed to provide a common understanding of primary care for all interprofessional primary care providers.

The course provides occupational therapists with foundational knowledge about primary care and the services they can provide in this setting. The module highlights the unique lens of occupational therapy in primary care, with the goal of building the capacity of the profession to practice in collaborative primary teams. The module reviews evidence for occupational therapy services in primary care, along with assessments and interventions, within a culturally safer, equity oriented primary care context.

In this webinar, occupational therapy professionals will gain insight into how cognitive abilities such as memory, attention, problem-solving, and executive functioning influence a client's independence and quality of life. This webinar will explore various practical, evidence-based interventions to improve client outcomes, including development of routines and habits, task or environmental modification, and use of visual and auditory cues. These strategies help clients overcome barriers such as memory difficulties, disorganization, and poor task follow-through, while fostering problem-solving and promoting overall engagement. Evidence-based assessments for evaluating functional cognition will also be highlighted, including tools like the Allen Cognitive Level Screen (ACLS-5; Earhart et al., 2022).

This online course offers occupational therapy professionals an opportunity to better understand dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) and how to teach the following DBT skills in their practice: mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotional regulation, and distress tolerance.

This online course will help Canadian occupational therapists develop an understanding and beginning skills in establishing the therapeutic relationship, conceptualizing clients using CBT techniques, and utilizing CBT psychotherapy in the context of their occupational therapy clinical practice.