This webinar will provide an overview of equity-related considerations for selecting, collecting, and using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in occupational therapy practice. Both client-level (e.g., language) and facility-level (e.g., implementation costs) barriers to equitable implementation will be discussed. The focus will be on general principles that apply to a wide range of client populations and practice settings. Additionally, to accelerate practice-related impact, the session will emphasize considerations for applying existing measures versus considerations for developing new measures.

This webinar will enhance the appreciation of occupational therapists that every health professional and family member or friend of a client shares some responsibility for prescription drug therapy, even if they do not originate or control it. The adverse effects of dopamine antagonists and anticholinergic drugs will be described. This webinar will discuss techniques for simple assessments that assist in identifying whether the client is experiencing an adverse effect. Ways to communicate concerns effectively, and to assume professional and ethical responsibility to protect a client, will be shared.

This webinar will highlight the importance of a First Nations-specific approach to cognitive assessment.

This webinar will present up-to-date evidence on this landscape and discuss opportunities and strategies where clinicians can contribute to efforts to advance equitable access to assistive technology that can support occupational participation.

This webinar will explore approaches to ethical challenges to assistive technology provision for the occupational therapist.

This webinar will explore play, play rights, play environments, and a new conceptual model (Universal Design for Play).

This webinar will help you understand the impact of dysphagia on culturally/linguistically diverse populations and navigate ethical conflicts to provide culturally safer and responsive care.

This webinar will provide an overview of the five social determinants of health and explore the impact of these five areas on the lives of community-dwelling older adults.

This webinar will cover the basics of normal sleep, sleep pressure, circadian regulation of sleep, and individual differences in sleep physiology across the lifespan and between individuals (including chronotype).

This webinar will describe the current regulatory landscape related to psychotherapy across Canada and define terminology related to counselling, psychotherapy, and psychosocial approaches as they relate to regional differences in occupational therapy regulation.