OT and Habits

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There is a growing public consciousness around the power (and difficulty) of habit change, especially as the impact of chronic conditions soars.  

And, as we’ll see in the featured scoping review on OT and habit change/health promotion, we’ve been addressing habits since 1912, it is a core part of our 2020 practice framework, and is increasingly embedded in OT research. 

On this OT Potential Podcast episode, we’ll welcome Dr. Zipporah Brown, ppOTD, MS, OTR/L, DipACLM, and her and I will discuss ways you can embed best practices around habit change in your practice.

Primary Journal Article Explored

When you log in, be sure to check out the OT Potential Club’s written breakdown of the following research article. Then, share your questions and thoughts with fellow practitioners.

• Habits and health promotion in occupational therapy: A scoping review.

Supporting Research and Journal Articles

• Intervention to modify habits: A scoping review.
• Optimizing occupations, habits, and routines for Health and well-being with lifestyle redesign®: A synthesis and scoping review.

Learning Objectives

• You will be able to identify specific intervention strategies shared in research for achieving habit change. 
• You will be able to recognize strategies for helping your clients set habit-based goals. 

Mentioned Resources

• Subscribe to the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Newsletter at the bottom of this page.
• Implementing Lifestyle Medicine Competencies in Didactic and Clinical Settings for Allied Health Professionals: A Call to Action

Agenda

Intro (5 minutes)

Breakdown and analysis of journal article (5 minutes)

• 00:00:00 Intro
• 00:03:07 Background on OT, habits, and health promotion
• 00:05:36 Why this scoping review is needed
• 00:06:43 Purpose of this paper
• 00:07:01 Methods
• 00:07:42 Results
• 00:09:41 Article Discussion and Conclusion

Discussion on practical implications for OTs (50 minutes)

• 00:11:26 Intro to Zipporah Brown
• 00:14:52 How Zipporah became interested in habits
• 00:18:33 How habits intersected with Lifestyle Medicine
• 00:22:19 Article impressions
• 00:27:30 Environmental modification and habit change
• 00:31:38 Communicating the power of habit change
• 00:35:04 Setting habit-based goals
• 00:39:04 Impactful interventions for habit change
• 00:49:44 How habit change can advance our profession
• 00:56:25 Habit change in practice and curriculums

Target Audience/Educational Level

Our target audience is occupational therapy practitioners who are looking to learn about OT and Habits.  The educational level is introductory.

Financial and Non-financial Disclosures

It is the policy of OT Potential to disclose any financial and non-financial interest the provider or instructor may have in a product or service mentioned during an activity. This is to ensure that the audience is made aware of any bias of the speaker.

We here at OT Potential have no financial stake in this topic. Our guest, Dr. Zipporah Brown also has no financial disclosures.

Speakers

Dr. Zipporah Brown, OTD, MS, OTR/L, DipACLM

Applying a holistic lens to educate and practice both in academia and in the community. I use my lived experience, formal training, and research to inform my pedagogical and clinical approach to working with diverse populations in various contexts. My clinical experience includes working in home health and community based mental health settings. As a practitioner and educator, I take pride in curating the learning experience for individuals and groups in order to maximize understanding and facilitate engagement.

I am dedicated to increasing access to equitable care, through providing digestible education, destigmatizing care and empowering individuals to be confident in their ability to overcome barriers and thrive.

Sarah Lyon, OTR/L

Sarah’s passion is helping fellow OT practitioners translate evidence into daily practice. Sarah earned her BA in religion from St. Olaf College, then earned her master’s degree in occupational therapy from New York University in 2011.

Since then, she’s worked in numerous facilities, including a critical access hospital, an acute trauma hospital, and a state inpatient psychiatric hospital. Sarah is the founder/owner of OT Potential. Read more about OT Potential here.

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