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Episode 20: Occupation-based Hand Therapy

4/20/2018

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Debbie Amini, EdD, OTR/L, CHT, FAOTA, is an occupational therapist who received her BS in occupational therapy from Quinnipiac University, her MEd in curriculum instruction/supervision from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and her EdD in adult and community college education from North Carolina State University. She joined AOTA as Director of Professional Development in 2014; her previous employment experience includes clinical hand therapy practice, directing an occupational therapy assistant program and working as an assistant professor of OT in an MOT program. Dr. Amini has served in multiple volunteer leadership positions with AOTA, including hand rehabilitation subsection coordinator from 2002 to 2005, physical disabilities special interest section chairperson from 2005 to 2008, and a member of AOTA’s Commission on Practice from 2008 to 2011, and chair of AOTA Commission on Practice from 2011-2014 where she oversaw the development of the third edition of the occupational therapy practice framework: domain and process. Dr. Amini was the “Hands On” department columnist for ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners from 1999 to 2011 and “Inside Occupation” From 2011-2014. She has authored several articles that have appeared in ADVANCE for Directors in Rehabilitation, AOTA’s Physical Diabetes Quarterly newsletter, OT Practice magazine, and the American Journal of Occupational Therapy. She has also written several online courses, several textbook chapters, and a CE course titled Hand Rehabilitation: A Client-Centered and Occupation-Based Approach. She contributed information on the hand, wrist, and forearm to Occupational Therapy Practice Guidelines for Individuals With Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses published by AOTA Press and more recently co-authored the Occupational Therapy Practice Guideline for Adults with Musculoskeletal Conditions. She currently serves on the editorial board for the Open Journal of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Therapy in Health Care. Dr. Amini has worked for three orthopedic hand surgery practices in Connecticut and North Carolina; she established hand rehabilitation departments in two of these offices. She was also instrumental in the development of the hand rehabilitation program at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, a large regional medical center in Southeastern North Carolina. She has worked with all types of UE trauma including amputations, re-plantations, tendon repair and transfer, fractures, nerve compression and repairs, cumulative trauma disorders, osteo and rheumatoid arthritis, joint reconstruction, Dupuytren's disease and traumatic injury. She has clinical expertise in splinting, wound care, and physical agent modalities. Her research interests include the transition of OT practice from a reductionist to holistic perspective, positive psychology, critical self-reflection, the role of self-efficacy and communities of practice in habilitation/rehabilitation and OT education.
Recommendations and resources from this episode:
  • Resources available through AOTA such as those on the topic of documentation and CPT evaluation codes
  • Artlcile written by Debbie Amini in OT Practice, Defining the Term Occupation
Connect with Debbie: 
Email - ​damini@aota.org 
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2 Comments
Sami Derasp
4/29/2018 10:34:58 pm

Hi there!

I am truly enjoying listening to all your podcast episodes. I was really looking forward to listening to Episode 20: Occupation-based Hand Therapy! I was wondering if you would consider doing a part two of this episode. With the title - I was looking forward to learning more about how to incorporate occupation based treatment into hand therapy. As a new grad, I am really struggling with not feeling adequate as the treatment I am providing in my outpatients hand therapy position is not as holistic as I would like it to be. I may be gathering information about the person, their occupations, and their environment. However, most of my treatment approach is exercise based. Which does not make my OT heart sing. Anyways, thank you for all that you do and take care!

Sami

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