Document Type

Report

College

College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Department

Occupational Therapy

Degree

Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD)

Report Date

2021

Faculty Mentor

Murray, Erin

Doctoral Experiential Coordinator

Rainville, Ellen B.

Abstract

"The Doctoral Experiential (DEx) consisted of a 14-week community experiential and a scholarly component, which aimed to address the problem of work-related pain and injury within the manual therapy population. Items developed throughout the project include educational materials, including a journal article submitted through the Journal of Occupational Therapy Education (JOTE) and a continuing education course titled “Techniques, Tools and Ergonomic Interventions to Minimize Work-Related Pain in Manual Therapists”. The consulting site, ATI, worked with the group including being the subject of the needs assessment for our project. The researcher’s scholarly components are factors and demographics within the manual therapy population, where the aim was to examine different contributing factors to therapists’ pain, including age, workload, and years of experience. The researcher analyzed and compiled a list of factors, demographics, and statistics that contributed to the manual therapy literature to decrease risk of pain and injury in therapists. The group has successfully implemented a CEU course and journal article which has contributed to the literature available regarding the scholarly topic."

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