BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7e826c8a7a8e0d1aebac409225c96372183 CATEGORIES:Events SUMMARY:Homeless Not Hopeless & Decreasing Readmissions to Inpatient Psych DESCRIPTION:
Homeless Not Hope
less, Effective Strategies to Working with Homeless Women and
Interventions to Decrease Readmission Rates in Inpatient Psychiat
ric Hospitals
*This is a live event held via Zoom.
Timed
Agenda:
6:00-6:25 Presentation - Elizabeth Campbell
6:25-6:30 questions
6:30-6:55 Presentation - Emily Petersen
6:5
5-7:00 Questions and evaluation
7:00 – course evaluation
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strong>Event Description:
Presenters will share the evidence
found for the topics above, including the search strategy, level 1 and lev
el 2 evidence, summary of themes and recommendations.
Each topic will be a
25 minute powerpoint presentation
Speaker Biographies:<
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Elizabeth Campbell, MOT, OTR/L is an occupational therapist
(OT) working primarily in the inpatient and acute hospital setting. Through
out her studies at St Catherine’s University, Elizabeth has focused on unco
vering the evidence to advocate for the benefit and necessity of life skill
s interventions for homeless women. Elizabeth hopes to assist her local wom
en’s transitional housing facility by educating stakeholders on the evidenc
e supporting life skills interventions and the benefits of incorporating oc
cupational therapy services within their facilities.
Emily Pet
ersen, MA, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist (OT) that works in an inpati
ent psychiatric hospital. After completing her Master’s in OT at St. Cathe
rine University in 2008, Emily worked in an early intervention outpatient p
rogram for children diagnosed with ASD for ten years before transitioning t
o inpatient mental health. She has completed several quality initiatives a
t her worksite, including collaboration with an inpatient Shared-Decision M
aking project and utilizing technology to enhance patient education. Emily
is currently in her second year in the Post Professional OTD program at St
. Catherine’s University, focusing on evidence-based mental health interven
tions.
Learning Objectives: Homeless Not Hopeless
Participants will:
Describe the themes within research suppo
rting the effectiveness of strategies to working with homeless women and ch
ildren.
Be able to identify approaches and interventions supported by
evidence to assist in women breaking the homeless cycle.
Examine rec
ommendations for OT practice and possible benefits of implementing OT into
facilities serving homeless women.
Learning Objectives
: Interventions to Decrease Readmission Rates
Participants wi
ll: