What is OT in 2025?

Earn 1 hour of continuing education by joining OT Potential after taking this course.

Scheduled to be released on December 19, 2024.

Through OT Potential, we’ve released over 94 episodes all exploring new influential OT research. As we enter 2025, it’s time to reflect on the research and ask: 

What trends are we seeing in OT? How is new research enriching how we think about our practice? 

In this 1 hour-episode, we’ll talk about new trends, with a particular focus on what commonalities we see leaders in our field doing in their occupational therapy process. We’ll culminate our discussion by exploring how people describe OT. This will be informed by our OT practice framework, but with a special focus on how we communicate about OT to the public. 

For this exploration, we’ll welcome back to the podcast a past guest, who is now working in new frontiers for OT: Sarah Brzeszkiewicz, OTR/L. Together we’ll unpack what all of these trends mean for your OT 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.

• Occupational therapy practice framework: Domain and process—Fourth edition

Supporting Research and Journal Articles

• Advancing clinical decision support: The role of artificial intelligence across six domains
• Motor learning in neurological rehabilitation
• Use of an ambient artificial intelligence tool to improve quality of clinical documentation

Learning Objectives

• You will be able to recognize trends within the research related to OT intervention.
• You will be able to recognize the trends in research around how AI is impacting the practice of OT.

Agenda

Intro (5 minutes)

Discussion on practical implications for OTs (55 minutes)

• Sarah & Sarah give their background and tell about their year. 
• What surprised you about OT in 2024?
• What strengths do you see for OT headed into 2025?
• What are the weaknesses in OT we need to confront?
• What are the external opportunities we need to watch for?
• What are the external threats to OT? 
• Based on the conversations I’ve had on the podcast, here are 5 things I would change about my practice in 2025. Do you agree or disagree with these?
• Here’s how I’m defining OT in 2024. Do you agree or disagree:
• What are your predictions about OT in 2025?

Target Audience/Educational Level

Our target audience is occupational therapy practitioners who are looking to learn about AI and Clinical Decision Support.  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. 

Speakers

Sarah Brzeszkiewicz, MSOT, OTR/L

Sarah Brzeszkiewicz has a Masters in Occupational Therapy from Washington University in St. Louis. She has been practicing OT for 10 years. Her direct patient care experience has been primarily in inpatient neurorehabilitation specializing in stroke and TBI populations. She has worked at top tier institutions including Shirley Ryan Abilitylab in Chicago, IL and St. David’s Rehabilitation Hospital in Austin, TX. Sarah has also been involved as a clinical researcher on projects targeting Parkinson Disease & stroke recovery.

She transitioned her clinical work into the health technology industry late 2022 joining Sensi.Ai where she currently works as a Clinical Advisor. In this role she consults with various stakeholders within the home care industry in supporting care agencies in using audio-based artificial intelligence to optimize care service delivery for older adults and individuals with disabilities. Sarah has a passion for integrating new technologies within clinical practice and is a strong advocate for any OT seeking to expand their practice into non-traditional spaces.

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.

This course was designed to meet your continuing education requirements

We designed the courses in the Club to meet the requirements for “online” and “independent/self-study” courses. To verify the requirements from your specific state (within the US), check out our post, OT Continuing Education Requirements. If you are outside of the United States and have questions, please contact us.

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