OT JEDI
OT JEDI recognizes the present social injustices and racism that still exist within our nation, and embrace the rich perspectives and experiences that arise from racial, ethnic, socio-economic, sexual, gender and religious diversity within our health care community.The goal of OT JEDI is to empower our listeners in order to recognize barriers with our occupational therapy experiences that may be caused by social injustice, inequality, and racial trauma. We are committed to building opportunities for learning, growth, and accountability.
Episodes
18 episodes
Occupational Therapy in the Age of AI
In this episode, our guest, Karen Jacobs, explores the role of AI in occupational therapy—from streamlining documentation and facilitating communication through translation to addressing health disparities while considering ethical implications...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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36:14
Empowering Pelvic Health Through Occupational Therapy
In this episode, we sit down with Laura Rowan, an occupational therapist and founder of Essential Pelvic Health, a private practice specializing in pelvic health. She shares her journey into this specialization, the unique needs of clients who ...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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40:31
Policy Power: How OTPs Can Influence Healthcare Systems
In this episode of OT JEDI, we sit down with Clarice Grote, occupational therapist, advocate, and founder of Amplify OT, to explore the critical intersection of occupational therapy and healthcare policy. Clarice shares her journey from Columbi...
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56:23
Occupational Therapy's Role in Gender Affirming Care
In this episode on the OT JEDI Podcast, I'm thrilled to welcome Sarah Vines, who shares her incredible work supporting individuals after top surgery. Sarah discusses best practices for gender-affirming care, the critical role of mental health i...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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42:04
What Do We Owe Each Other in Occupational Therapy?
Last season in episode 5, we explored the history of Black occupational therapists with guest speaker Toni Solaru. She spoke of systemic barriers in legal, governmental, and educational contexts. Highlights included Lela A. Llorens' 1969 Slagle...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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OT JEDI Season 3 Trailer
Hello, OT JEDI listeners! As we approach the 2024 election, it’s a perfect time to reflect on the enduring importance of justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion—our JEDI principles. Since 2020, there’s been a powerful call for justice and equ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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3:16
Transtastic: Gender Identity for Occupational Therapy Professionals
Occupational therapists must consider the unique needs of transgender clients to create an inclusive healthcare environment that respects individual identities. Several recent legislation restrict various liberties, including medical treatments...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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30:21
Working Towards Transition and Reentry for Incarcerated Individuals
Occupational therapy can provide services in many different areas within the prison system. From providing transitional services to inmates getting ready to be released, to focusing on occupational deprivation, to leading groups for an infinite...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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46:02
Circus & OT for Displaced Persons
By the end of 2022, a record-breaking number of people — 108.4 million — have been forced to flee their homes. Refugees are people who are forced to flee from their country of origin due to violence, oppression, or substantiated fe...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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28:03
Occupational Risks of Abortion
In June 2022, the Supreme Court's decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization turned the right to obtain or not obtain an abortion over to the states, which is very nuanced. It is more than just a restriction of women’s right...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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24:14
Where are all the Black OTs?
Toni Solaru OT, OTD, OTR talks about the unknown history of occupational therapy. Dr. Solaru is a community-based mental health OT and the co-founder and Chair of Diverse-OT National, an organization dedicated to advancing the cultural cl...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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59:38
Victor Calise: Plumber to Policymaker
Victor Calise has had a diverse career path—he has gone from plumber to Paralympian to Policymaker. He competed in sled hockey in the 1998 Paralympics in Nagano, Japan. He worked for the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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35:07
Filling the Gap in the Rehabilitation Model - Part 2
As occupational therapy practitioners, we understand disability within the context of diversity, equity, and inclusion. In this two-part episode, occupational therapy student Meaghan Lawrence discusses the program, Empower Spinal Cord Injury (S...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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43:07
Filling the Gap in the Rehabilitation Model - Part 1
As occupational therapy practitioners, we understand disability within the context of diversity, equity, and inclusion. In this two-part episode, occupational therapy student Meaghan Lawrence discusses the program, Empower Spinal Cord Injury (S...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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36:27
Anthropophagy & Social Occupational Therapy
Dr. Ana Malfitano’s career is focused on Social Occupational Therapy, which has been developed in Brazil to repair various inequities and injustices. In Dr. Malfitano’s World Federation of Occupational Therapy 2022 Keynote address, she turns th...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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52:26
Muslim Considerations for a Self-Care Evaluation
In the United States the profession of occupational therapy was established in 1917 and in the UK it was established in 1922 but in Arab countries, like Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Palestine, Kuwait, and others, occupational therapy...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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