The role of Occupational Therapy in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Session details
Date:
Time:
12:00pm - 1:30pm (Toronto time)
Location:
Zoom videoconferencing
Didactic presentation by:
Megan Edgelow
Session objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe occupational therapy practice with PSPs who have PTSD
- Explain how occupational therapists and other healthcare practitioners can collaboratively support a PSP to return to work (RTW)
About presenter
Dr. Megan Edgelow is an occupational therapist who works as a clinician, researcher, and educator. She is an Assistant Professor at Queen's University in the Faculty of Health Sciences, where she teaches and supervises students in the Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Health Leadership, and Health Professions Education Programs.
She has two decades of clinical experience in mental health practice and maintains a small private practice in the Kingston, ON region. She also has research expertise with occupational therapy mental health interventions. In her current research, she focuses on return to work for populations with work-related psychological injuries, including first responders and public safety personnel.
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