Teresa Chien Email & Phone Number

Canada

• Maintaining and advancing program standards in Ontario through escalation management, training, quality assurance, and program development. • Conduct specialty assessments (MSK, Neuro, Post-COVID) in collaboration with physician specialists.• Providing mentorship and training to Occupational Therapists.

Markham, Ontario, Canada

• Led a multidisciplinary team to provide clinical mentorship, optimize outcomes of care for complex cases, and oversight on coordination and delivery of clinical services within the Ontario Workers Network. • Provided supervision and/or mentorship to other Occupational Therapists within the organization for skill building in clinical reasoning, report writing, and case management.• Conducted assessments for specialty programs (upper extremity, neurology) and the occupational health assessment programs in collaboration with physician specialists.• Provided individualized treatment as part of multidisciplinary team for clients presenting with concussion, MSK injuries, and psychosocial barriers. • Developed education module resources and facilitating education sessions on a regular basis.• Engaged in clinical preceptorship for Occupational Therapist students from the University of Toronto.

Altum Health - Ajax Site

Programs: ✔ WSIB Hand & Wrist Specialty Program & Cognitive Work Conditioning✔ Other third-party payor services ✔ WSIB Mental Health Specialty Program✔ Private clientele (e.g. MVA)Hand therapy • Assessed a range of upper extremity (UE) injuries and complex co-morbidities (e.g., multiple amputations, repetitive strain, nerve injury, complex crush injuries, pain syndromes, and psychosocial overlay). • Provided treatment recommendations in collaboration with UE surgeons at clinic comprehensive assessments and post-surgical follow ups.• Developed individualized treatment to maximize functional outcomes (e.g., edema and pain management strategies, splint fabrication, progressive strengthening, desensitization, and integration of functional activities for skill remediation and compensatory adaptations. • Conducted functional abilities evaluations, provided work simulation, and developed RTW recommendations to optimize a successful graduated return to work. • Provided education on hurt versus harm, ergonomic principles, assistive devices, and sleep hygiene.Concussion management • Assessed post-concussive dysfunction (e.g., vision, affect, cognition, balance, gait analysis).• Implemented individualized therapy within outpatient clinic and community settings. Treatment approach include vision therapy, gait and balance retraining, falls prevention, energy conservation, metacognitive strategies, mindfulness and grounding skills.• Introduced compensatory strategies to accommodate for cognitive insufficiencies.• Collaborated with neurologists through telemedicine to conduct follow up assessments. Care Navigator, Mental Health Programs• CITRIS: Facilitated weekly treatment sessions using motivational interviewing, solution-focused coaching, and maximizing behavioural activation. • WSIB Mental Health Specialty Program: Assessed client's readiness to return to work. Developed RTW recommendations in collaboration with the psychologist and psychiatrist.

• Presented findings at four rehabilitation conferences locally and nationally within a year on retrospective case review on falls prevention approach for medically complex individuals• Successfully lead process of data abstraction and analysis using descriptive and inferential statistics on SPSS software and Microsoft Excel

• Co-developed a seminar on accessible customer service which was pre-selected by The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs to appear in a urban development report, identified as one of the best practices in the field of Accessible and Inclusive Urban Development • Collaborated in a team of over 12 advisors and contributed to the key concepts working group to develop content describing visible and non-visible disability experiences, and important factors to providing good accessible customer service

Vision Technology Service, Inclusive Design Research Centre

• Conducted individualized assessments for clients with low vision or blindness and/or other diagnosis including physical, neurological, cognitive, or learning disabilities• Implemented equipment trials, compatibility testing, researching innovative solutions, and provided client centred recommendations for high-tech solutions to reading and writing performance issues• Liaised and consulted with community Augmentative and Alternative Communication clinics on complex mutual clients to troubleshoot computer access and integration of technologies• Provided client and family centered consultation on access to Assistive Devices Program • Developed a workshop on alternative displays describing high tech vision aids, learning styles, and strategies to meet complex vision needs

Inpatient Eating Disorders, Toronto General Hospital

• Collaborated with clients recovering from trauma, mood, and eating disorders on vocational goals by conducting academic skills assessments, creating and facilitating study skill sessions • Facilitated groups including mindfulness, grocery shopping, meal preparation, resume writing• Contributed to debrief sessions with interprofessional team after motivational interviewing, dialectical behaviour therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy sessions • Conducted a comprehensive literature review on the effects of light on mood disorders to inform decision making on potential changes to the inpatient group therapy room

Inpatient Musculoskeletal Trauma

• Conducted hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder assessments for deficits in manual dexterity, fine motor, range of motion, strength, and activity tolerance for clients with osteoarthritis, total hip or knee replacements, and physical traumas.• Administered and interpreted cognitive screens: Montreal Cognitive Assessment and Cognistat• Provided education on ergonomics, home safety, equipment recommendations, and collaborated on discharge planning with an interprofessional team• Facilitated daily therapy for strengthening, activity tolerance and range of motion and administered cognitive screens when appropriate

Ambulatory Care

• Developed, implemented, and modified cognitive and physical conditioning intervention plans for patients with wide range of musculoskeletal and neurological challenges in an interdisciplinary team setting (e.g. acute brain injuries, strokes, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and complex regional pain syndrome)• Assessed executive function impairments through functional kitchen and community assessments • Interpreted and scored visual-perceptual, cognitive, upper extremity standardized assessments • Provided education on compensatory or remedial strategies after stroke or musculoskeletal injury

Department Of Orthopaedic Surgery

• Restructured and assisted in development and rebranding of the McMaster Orthopaedic Division website• Coordination of multiple femoroacetabular impingement research studies in collaboration with orthopaedic surgeons, residents, and researchers• Lead several research projects and facilitated the process of qualitative and quantitative data abstraction, collection and analysis

Master Of Science In Occupational Therapy, Faculty Of Medicine. Occupational Science/Occupational Therapy.

Research project in collaboration with Providence Healthcare entitled, "Evaluating Individualized Falls Prevention for Clients.

Bsc, Honours Health Studies Co-Op, Minor In Gerontology

Dean's Honours List Degree was centralized around health sciences, advanced research methodology, public health, epidemiology and social.