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• Instructed and encouraged patients to complete exercises in a safe, effective manner.
• Enhanced rehabilitative experiences by anticipating individuals’ needs and maintaining a sanitized, organized clinical space.
• Initiated medical receptionist skills training to improve front desk wait times and staffing coverage.
• Created a document with clear instructions for exercises as a reference for PT aides and new employees.
• Guided new PT aides with interactive training sessions before they began independent work.Note: From June 2016 - Dec 2020 I worked only during my school breaks. I worked on a more regular part-time basis from Dec 2020.

• Screened patients, staff, and visitors for potential COVID-19 exposure with questions and temperature checks.
• Implemented an improved procedure for employee temperature checks to better ensure patient safety.
• Supported front desk staff by communicating with patients regarding the completion of pre-visit forms and reception area availability.
• Advocated for COVID-19 screener access to patient check-in systems for all services which increased the likelihood that patients were properly screened before entering reception areas.
• Enforced masking, social distancing and other evolving safety guidelines.

Multiple Locations, CT

• Collaborated with older adults and their caregivers to provide OT services within private homes, assisted living facilities, memory care units, and memory care facilities.
• Completed thorough evaluations to establish client-centered goals with tools including 30-Second Chair Rise Test, Patient Specific Functional Scale, Four Stage Balance Test, Five Times Sit to Stand Test, UE ROM, MMT.
• Worked with individuals with various conditions including: Parkinson’s disease, post-CVA, post-MI, AKA, sciatica, foot drop, dementia, generalized weakness, cataracts, Type II diabetes, depression, and anxiety.
• Communicated with interdisciplinary team to enhance client care including nursing, physical therapy, caregivers, family members, podiatry, and primary care providers.
• Enhanced quality-of-life and decreased fall risk for clients through interventions targeting areas such as ADLs, IADLs, functional mobility, dynamic standing balance, fine motor skills, cognition, visual tracking.
• Provided client and caregiver education for areas such as HEP, health management, adaptive equipment, home modifications, DME, transfer training, stress reduction techniques, and medication management.

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

• Ran various groups in an independent living facility with older adults addressing sleep hygiene, technology safety, nutrition management, communication management, leisure, physical activity, and cognition.
• Completed screenings and evaluations with a variety of tools including: MMSE, SLUMS, ACLS-5, General Self-Efficacy Scale, 30 Second Sit to Stand Test, Nine-Hole Peg Test, Functional UE ROM & Grip Strength Screening.
• Created intervention plans with client-centered goals and evidence-based interventions to promote occupational participation, decrease pain, and improve quality-of-life.
• Completed all necessary digital documentation (e.g., daily SOAP notes, progress notes, discharge plans).
• Collaborated with the Manager of Volunteer and Enrichment Services to strengthen and streamline a volunteer resident befriending program (Friendly Neighbors) targeting loneliness and social isolation.
• Created and presented a group in-service on the scope of practice and role of occupational therapy in comparison to physical therapy.

• Adults/Older Adults: Connecticut Orthopaedics, Gaylord Hospital (Outpatient), Griffin Hospital, Home Health (Virtual), Whitney Rehabilitation Care Center
• Children & Youth: Creative Development, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (NICU & PICU), Ocean Avenue LEARNing Academy, Strong Foundations, The Friendship School
• Mental Health: Connecticut Mental Health Center

• Assisted students, visitors, faculty, and staff at the Rocky Top Student Center.
• Conducted hourly student center rounds to ensure proper and effective space usage.
• Communicated with Public Safety regarding lost belongings.
• Answered phone calls and transferred to the appropriate employees.
• Helped with room lock-outs and opened storage closets for clubs.

Doctorate, Occupational Therapy/Therapist

Activities and Societies: Pi Theta Epsilon, COTAD

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Health Science Studies / Psychology Minor, 3.975, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Quinnipiac University Honors Program, Alpha Eta Honor Society, Asian Student Alliance Secretary, Multicultural.