OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs
Earn your OT CEUs by listening to our episodes for free, then logging into the OT Potential Club to take a short quiz and download your certificate. Each week (with breaks for major holidays), we host a live-recorded conversation exploring cutting-edge trends, timely hot topics, and the most impactful developments shaping occupational therapy today.
Our expert guests help you pull out actionable insights you can apply immediately in practice. Designed for both occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, and OT students the OT Potential Podcast is your go-to source for AOTA-approved, evidence-driven occupational therapy continuing education.
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs
OT, Cognition, and Parkinson's
This week, we are looking at promising research behind a cognitive rehabilitation program for Parkinson's.
And, I'll just skip to the good news—the gains in cognitive rehab actually translated to increased functional abilities, which says to me that this is important research for us all to consider.
To discuss this article please join us at the OT Potential Club.
You can read the article here: Improving functional disability and cognition in Parkinson’s disease randomized controlled trial.
Pena, J., Ibarretxe-Bilbao, N., Garcia-Gorostiaga, I., Gomez-Beldarrain, M. A., Diez-Cirarda, M., & Ojeda, N. (2014). Improving functional disability and cognition in Parkinson disease: Randomized controlled trial. Neurology, 83(23), 2167–2174. doi: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000001043
Also, Happy World OT Day to my fellow occupational therapy practitioners. On the blog this week, we updated our Guide to Occupational Therapy for you to share with your communities.
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