Episode Details

Sarah Zera, OTD, OTR/L: OT in Podcasting and more

Season 1 Episode 23 Published 4 years, 2 months ago

Description

In this episode, we will be learning about an occupational therapy practitioner in podcasting and more. Sarah Zera, OTD, OTR/L has been practicing occupational therapy since 2002. She created the Moxie OT Podcast as a place for OTPs, consumers of occupational therapy, and friends of OT to talk about the best evidence in occupational therapy. She seeks to provide evidence-based resources such as research articles, books, and online sources for OT advocates in an effort to increase their moxie. She also specializes in helping people who have had a stroke or brain injury fully participate in their life. She received her B.S. in Occupational Therapy from Eastern Michigan University and her Doctorate of Occupational Therapy from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Zera studies how occupational therapists can improve the lives of their clients by helping them get back to the activities they love to do the most. She has helped clients return to shopping, cooking, work, caring for their pets, riding the bus, and more. In her clinical experience, Dr. Zera noted how often clients were discharged from therapy but had not yet returned to the activities they cared about most in life; caring for their children, going to work, playing sports, and all the other activities that bring us purpose and meaning. While working on her Doctorate in Occupational Therapy, she studied evidence-based practices that helped her clients return to their most valued and life-affirming activities. She is currently full-time faculty at Midwestern University’s OT program.

Show Key Points:

· Sarah gives us a glimpse of her background and interests

· Sarah describes her Uncommon OT work, the settings and population she serves

· Sarah describes what inspired her to do this work and her path

· Sarah describes a typical session and skills she addresses

· Sarah provides other OTPs valuable career advice

· Sarah provides her resources and contact information

RESOURCES:

CO-OP Approach website: https://icancoop.org/pages/the-co-op-approach

COPM website: https://www.thecopm.ca/

My website: www.moxieot.com

My article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/03080226211008713