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Emerg-OT: An Initiative to Increase Occupational Therapy in the Emergency Department

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Emerg-OT: An Initiative to Increase Occupational Therapy in the Emergency Department

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Mari Tada PP-OTD Innovation Project Final Presentation

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Mari Tada PP-OTD Innovation Project Final Presentation

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A tool for referring providers to make appropriate consults for OT in the ED

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Continue to use the skills I learned in the PP-OTD program to help develop and grow the OTD program at Hawaii Pacific University.

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Mari has been working as an occupational therapist for over 20 years with experience across the spectrum of practice in adult rehabilitative care. Mari is a full-time occupational therapist at the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii and continues to assist her PT husband with the private practice they founded. Currently in the home stretch of the PP-OTD program at the MGH Institute of Health Professions.
My goal is to gain more knowledge about and pursue options in academia.

Fast forward one year: I am now the Director of Fieldwork and Assistant Professor of a developing entry-level OTD program at Hawaii Pacific University.

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Increased presence of OT in the ED in US hospitals

Decreased re-admissions and costs to hospitals and healthcare

Collaborative care for ED patients for better patient outcomes

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Project Aim
Design an evidence-based manual that will increase OT practitioners' knowledge and confidence in designing OT programming to increase OT presence in the emergency department

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Occupational therapy practitioners lack knowledge and confidence of their role in the emergency department (ED), leading to decreased presence in the ED and contributing to missed care to improve patient outcomes.

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Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, Hawaii

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dtada@hpu.edu
LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/in/mari-tada-88861ba7