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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 - June 2022. Now I work on a coverage basis.

• 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, and Grip Strength Screening. • 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, generalized strength and ROM, sleep hygiene, social participation, and functional transfers.• 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.• Used Raintree EMR to document daily notes, progress notes with modifications PRN to intervention plans, and discharge notes with resources provided to maintain functional gains from rehabilitation.• Created a handout that was distributed to clients and caregivers with local, cost-effective resources for areas including assistive technology, social participation, health management, community mobility, and IADLs.

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, CMT-2, SF-36, WHOQOL-BREF, Falls Behavioral Scale for the Older Person, GAD-7.• 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. • Supported the initiation of Friendly Neighbors Social Connections for resident-organized social participation outside of The Towers. • Attended and provided input at weekly, interdisciplinary Care Meetings to promote residents’ well-being.• Combined analyzed information from semi-structured, qualitative interviews of residents with evidence-based, OT knowledge to help inform the future implementation of a dignified dining program (Elm Dining).

• 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.