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Continuing competence assessment and maintenance in occupational therapy: Scoping review with stakeholder consultation

Driver Rehabilitation Specialists (DRS) can work in many settings and with clients across the age spectrum from teens to seniors. Some programs are part of a hospital system and may provide partial or complete assessments and consultations for clients leaving acute care, sub-acute or inpatient rehabilitation. In some cases, the patient’s discharge disposition may depend...

Learn how to become a Driver Rehabilitation Specialist (DRS). We will be presenting information about our program and you will have an opportunity to ask questions. Attend our one of our upcoming webinars for more information. Click one of the buttons below to register for that date.

Luther C. Gill, DPT, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at LSU Health Science Center New Orleans

This course starts by providing a background of crash statistics for the U.S. and introduces the concept of crash risk and crash risk reduction. Next, we provide an overview of terminology that is used in the driving literature, specifically related to driving outcomes. The audience is further exposed to a breadth of evidence-based methods and tools to help assess an individual’s fitness to drive. These assessments include the Comprehensive Driving Evaluation, which can be subdivided into clinical assessments, driving simulator assessments, and the on-road assessment. Dr. Classen is synopsizing the factual content in this course from almost two decades of exposure to empirical evidence and best practices –all packaged to enable clinicians to practice from an evidence-based perspective.

The Department of Occupational Therapy’s Institute for Mobility, Activity, and Participation (I-MAP) team is working in collaboration with the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the City of Gainesville to better understand the perception, values, beliefs and attitudes of drivers 65 years and older as it relates to emerging autonomous vehicle technology.

Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Brandenburger-Shasby and Shirish Lala on being named an Outstanding Alum for 2018 in the College of Public Health and Health Professions.

Biweekly Rehabilitation Science Seminars are designed to foster interdisciplinary discussions and collaborations. The lecture series includes both local and external experts in rehabilitation-related research, with a primary emphasis on neuromuscular plasticity. This forum provides the students an opportunity to get familiar with research activities at the University of Florida and Rehabilitation Centers and Institutes across the country. Following...

The UF College of Public Health and Health Professions announced the PHHP Outstanding Alumni for 2018, including RSD alumna, Amy Rodriguez, PhD. She will be honored at the ceremony during the college’s reunion on September 8. Dr. Rodriguez, doctorate in rehabilitation science ’10, is a research health scientist in the Center for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation at...