Whitney McWherter Cranna, OT, OTD by MGH Institute of Health Professions

CV

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Explore my CV to learn more about my clinical, educational, and scholarship experiences.

Let's Connect!

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Email: wmcwhert@gmail.com | wmcwherter@mghihp.edu
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-mcwherter-cranna
Follow me: @whitney.mccranna

Learn About My Solution

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Whitney McWherter Cranna, OT, OTD

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Professional Practice Problem

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Everybody Works: Analyzing and Enhancing Disability Inclusion in the Workplace

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Everybody Works is a theory-driven, education-based solution for closing the knowledge to practice gap by equipping business students with skills for analyzing and implementing disability inclusion and accommodation practices in the workplace.

This course aims to bridge education, policy, and practice for disability participation by providing learners with 1) historical and political perspectives of disability, 2) knowledge of the impact on work participation, and 3) skills for analyzing and addressing work participation barriers to support their disabled employees, consumers, and peers.

Students will examine and address real-world examples of physical and social accessibility and inclusion in the workplace from both employee and consumer perspectives. Using a Critical Disability Theory framework, students will create disability inclusion solutions and communicate their value to stakeholders. This course will uniquely prepare students to be leaders in innovation and inclusion in their future workplace.

While participating in this course, students will encounter asynchronous multi-media resources, engage in a synchronous live class, and complete asynchronous learning assessments to practice and apply their knowledge and skills.

Professional & Personal Philosophy

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Having the opportunity to participate in and contribute to societal roles and relationships are human rights. For people with disabilities, these rights have been delayed, diminished, or dismissed all together. I plan to lead and teach OTs and interdisciplinary partners in being champions for inclusion and partners for participation for all.

I listen and educate, so that others can lead and be heard.

Key Ingredients

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Bottom Line: Impact on the Profession

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Incorporating disability justice frameworks into interdisciplinary and OT curricula will...

Expand OT’s role in business institutions and organizations.
Expand OT’s role in interdisciplinary higher education beyond healthcare.
Improve quality, access, and equity of care by imbedding disability justice frameworks.
Increase OT research on systemic factors of disability participation.
Improve OTPs in leading and educating others in advocacy for disability participation.

Where You'll Find Me:

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MGH IHP PP-OTD Program -Term Lecturer & Mentor

Renown Rehabilitation Hospital - PRN OT

Little Victories Pediatrics - Early Intervention Telehealth OT

AOTA Inspire 2023 and 2024 - Poster Presentations

Fall 2022 Notre Dame's Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate - Panel Speaker and Facilitator

2022 eBay ACCESS COI - Disability Inclusion Workshops Facilitator

AOTA Education Summit 2022 - Poster Presentation

Building Inclusivity for Disability Panel Discussion

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This panel discussion was a part of the 2022 Church Properties Initiative Conference hosted by the University of Notre Dame. Discussion aims included sharing about 1) the value of using church properties as inclusive employment and spiritual environments and 2) best practices for initiating inclusive strategies.

OT-led Professional Development Workshop

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OT-led Professional Development Workshop

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OT-led Disability Inclusion Veterans Empathy Circle

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Business Education Innovation Journal (2022)

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Related Disability Inclusion Work

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OT Practice Magazine (2024)

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