Aspire OT Self-Paced Course

Cultural Humility: Enhancing Occupational Therapy Practice Through Better Understanding

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Cultural Humility: Enhancing Occupational Therapy Practice Through Better Understanding

Self-Paced
1 Contact Hour, 0.10 CEUs

Educational level: Introductory

Category 3: Foundational Knowledge

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Cultural humility is vital for successful occupational therapy, involving an ongoing commitment to understanding each client’s unique cultural background. This course will explore the key elements of culture and examine the distinctions between cultural competence and cultural humility. By gaining these insights, occupational therapy practitioners will be better equipped to achieve optimal outcomes for a diverse range of clients.

Target Audience: Occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, occupational therapy students
This occupational therapy continuing education course uses the following instructional methods: visual aides (ie slides), discussion board, guided note taking, discussion and question and answer.

Content disclosure: This course does not exclusively focus on any specific product or service.

Presented by:
Toni Thompson, DrOT, OTR/L
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After completing this course, participants will be able to:
  • Identify 4 components of culture.
  • Distinguish cultural competence and cultural humility.

What OTs and OTAs are saying about this course

Toni Thompson is so knowledgeable about so many different OT areas

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The presentation was exciting to learn and Toni made it very enjoyable to listen to. 

OTA Course Participant

I have gained improved awareness of personal bias working with clients due to the course.

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Instructor bioS
Toni Thompson, DrOT, OTR/L
Aspire OT Instructor

Toni Thompson graduated from the University of Illinois in 1975, and completed her DrOT at Nova Southeastern University in 2017.  Her work experience includes the Peace Corps/Ecuador; the National Cerebral Palsy Association in Caracas, Venezuela; adult mental health in FL and IL; and some SNF.  While at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Tampa for 22 years, she developed various programs, became certified in NDT-Pediatrics and SIPT.   She has presented at multiple state, national, and international OT, prosthetic-orthotic, World Federation of Occupational Therapist, and human trafficking conferences.  Keynote addresses include the India Golden Jubilee in Kerala India and the Pan Asian Student Congress in Malaysia.  She authored three chapters in cultural competence works, over 40 professional articles in OT and orthotics-prosthetics magazines.  Besides presenting a pediatric splinting continued education workshop for 10 years, she fabricated over 10,000 pediatric splints.  She developed the first CEU about human trafficking directed to OT practitioners. Currently, she mentors doctoral students on trafficking and cultural humility capstones, and serves as an instructor for TherapyEd exam preparation services. 

DISCLOSURES

Financial: Toni is compensated as an Aspire OT instructor. 
Non Financial:  Toni does not have any non-financial disclosures.
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Course Outline

Completion Requirements
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In order to receive the certificate of completion, participants must meet ALL of the following criteria:
  • Payment of the course in full
  • View course videos for the full duration
  • Pass the course exam with a score of 70% or greater
  • Complete the Post Course Evaluation
Please note that no credit or certificate will be issued unless all criteria is met.  Partial credit will not be issued.  
cancellation policy
Live Courses and Webinars
Learner cancellations: In the event that the learner requests to cancel or is unable to attend a course, a refund for the total paid for the course will be granted if Aspire OT is notified via email at info@aspireot.us within 10 business days prior to date of the scheduled course, minus a non-refundable registration fee of 25% of registration price.  If the learner provides notification of cancellation less then 10 business days prior to the scheduled course, the learner will be offered the opportunity to attend the same webinar on an alternate date or enrollment in the recorded on-demand version of that webinar, instead of a refund.  

No refunds will be issued after a course has been attended for more than 30 minutes.  Partial credit will not be issued.  

Provider cancellations: In the event of inclement weather or other event resulting in the inability for a live course to be provided within the scheduled time, learners will be offered an alternate date or a full refund for registration paid.
On-Demand web Courses 
Web courses will remain available to learners for 1 year. No refunds will be available for web courses that have been attended or viewed for greater than 30 minutes. In the event of a refund, the learner will be unenrolled in the course immediately upon issuance of a refund. No refunds will be issued for any course in which a certificate has been issued.  
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Aspire OT is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development.
Course approval ID# 10873
This Blended-Hybrid course is offered at 0.10 CEUs (Introductory level, Foundational Knowledge)
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
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