Exploring Rehabilitation Practitioners’ Knowledge and Perception About Climate Change and Impacts on Practice

Presenter(s): Ashley Lane, OTD

Contributing Author(s): Monika Robinson, DrOT, OTR/L; Charlotte Bolch, Ph.D., M.S.

Content Areas: General; Specialties - including: Administration & Management, Assistive Technology, Other

Target Audience: Entry-level

Course Description: Climate change, driven by human activities, intensifies global temperatures and extreme weather events, directly and indirectly impacting health through injuries and illness. The primary purpose of this presentation is to explore how rehabilitation practitioners including OTPs in any practice setting implement environmentally responsible strategies into their current practice based on their reported knowledge and views of climate changes impacts on their patients.