Scholarship
November 25, 2024
Our faculty, students, and alumni have been actively engaged in various scholarly pursuits throughout 2023 and 2024. This list represents only the activities we've heard about so far. We’d love to hear from you—please email Xavier.OT@xavier.edu to share your scholarship with us!
Anthony, M., Siefert, A., Dearth, N., & Renda, M. (2023, October 20-21). OT Section Ethics Update [Conference session]. Ohio Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Toledo, OH, United States.
Anthony, M., Siefert, A., Dearth, N., & Renda, M. (2024, October 11-12). Updates from the Ohio OTPTAT Licensure Board [Conference session]. Ohio Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Columbus, OH.
Blackham, K., Centers, N., Foy, H., Miller, V., & Strotman, B. (2024, March 20-23). Eating the elephant: Trauma-informed educational practices in OT [Conference session]. American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference: Inspire, Orlando, FL, United States.
Cooper, O., & Springer, C., & Elleman, B. (2023). Occupational therapy services for transition-age youth with moderate to severe disabilities: A scoping review. Research Directs in Therapeutic Sciences, 2(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.53520/rdts2023.10565
Dalton, A., & Elleman, B. (2023). AOTA ethics advisory opinion: Ethical considerations relevant to emerging technology-based interventions. American Occupational Therapy Association. https://www.aota.org/-/media/corporate/files/secure/practice/ethics/advisory/ethical-considerations-relevant-to-emerging-technology-based-interventions.pdf
Dalton, A., & Elleman, B. (2024). Ethical considerations for emerging technology-based interventions. In B. K. Kennell & B. S. Howard (Eds), Everyday ethics & occupational therapy (pp. 195-204). American Occupational Therapy Association.
Dunn, L. S., & Ceo-DiFrancesco, D. (2024, February 22-25). Developing global citizenship: Local & global service-learning [Paper presentation]. The Ninth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence: Intercultural Learning, Global Citizenship, and Peacebuilding. Tucson, AZ, United States. https://icc.cercll.arizona.edu/2024-icc-conference/
Dunn, L.S., & Ceo-DiFrancesco, D. (2023, October 25-27). Domestic or international? The impact of service learning context on student intercultural competency [Paper presentation]. International Association for Service-Learning and Community Engagement. New Orleans, LA, United States. https://iarslce2023.eventscribe.net/agenda.asp?pfp=Browse%20by%20Day
Dunn, L. S., Ceo-DiFrancesco, D., & Andrea Solis Canto. (2023). Immersion: Not just for students anymore. International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, 11 (1). https://doi.org/10.37333/001c.91731.
Elleman, B. (2023). AOTA ethics advisory opinion: State licensure and ethics. American Occupational Therapy Association. https://www.aota.org/-/media/corporate/files/secure/practice/ethics/advisory/state-licensure-professionalism-and-code-of-ethics-advisory-opinion.pdf
Elleman, B., Hensley, M., Kennell, B. K., & Sponseller, L. N. (2023). AOTA ethics advisory opinion: Supervision and collaboration between occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants. American Occupational Therapy Association. https://www.aota.org/-/media/corporate/files/secure/practice/ethics/advisory/supervision-and-collaboration-between-ots-and-otas.pdf
Elleman, B., Howard, B., & Kennell, B. (2023). AOTA ethics advisory opinion: Occupational therapy ethics rounds in practice. American Occupational Therapy Association. https://www.aota.org/-/media/corporate/files/secure/practice/ethics/advisory/role-of-occupational-therapy-ethics-rounds-in-practice.pdf
Elleman, B. (2024). State licensure and ethics. In B. K. Kennell & B. S. Howard (Eds.), Everyday ethics & occupational therapy (pp. 267-273). American Occupational Therapy Association.
Elleman, B. Hensley, M., Kennell, B. K., & Sponseller, L. N. (2024). Supervision and collaboration between occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants. In B. K. Kennell & B. S. Howard (Eds.), Everyday ethics & occupational therapy (pp. 281-287). American Occupational Therapy Association.
Elleman, B., Howard, B. S., & Kennell, B. K. (2024). Occupational therapy ethics rounds in practice. In B. K. Kennell & B. S. Howard (Eds.), Everyday ethics & occupational therapy (pp. 319-327). American Occupational Therapy Association.
Elleman, B. (2023, August 5-7). Prenatal Opioid Exposure: Evidence-based updates and implications for school-based practitioners [Conference session]. Ohio Schools Health Services Association. School Based Practitioners Summit: Moving Together Today and Tomorrow, Columbus, OH, United States.
Janes, W. E., Cohill, B., Cook, A., Escher, A., Galey, S., Hanson, D. J., LeQuieu, E. D., Olson, D., Williams, K., & Zeigler, J. (2024). Mapping review of fieldwork education literature. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 8 (1).https://doi.org/10.26681/jote.2024.080111
Galey, S., Janes, W. E., Cohill, B., Cook, A., Escher, A., Hanson, D. J., LeQuieu, E. D., Olson, D., Williams, K., & Zeigler, J. (2024, March 21-23). Fieldwork Education Literature & the AOTA Education Research Agenda: A Mapping Review [Poster presentation]. American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference. Orlando, FL, United States.
Lavalley, R. (2023). Occupation's role in inclusion of Spanish-speaking older adults in a senior center. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 43(1), 74-80. https://doi.org/10.1177/1539449222109331
Pfirman, N., Rivera, C., & Saffer, A. (2023). Health policy perspectives: Health promotion and wellness for all students: School-based occupational therapy as a preventive approach. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77, https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2023.050242
Springer, C. (2023, March 21-23). The effectiveness of parental education programs within neonatal intensive care units: A systematic review [Poster presentation]. American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference. Orlando, FL, United States.
Springer, C., Cooper, O., & Elleman, B. (2023). Effectiveness of parental education programs within neonatal intensive care units: A systematic review. Research Directs in Therapeutic Sciences, 2(1), 2-10. https://doi.org/10.53520/rdts2023.10578
Springer, C., Sagester, G., & Elleman, B. (2024, August 1). Tiny triumphs: OT’s impact on neonatal feeding milestones for infants with HIE. OT Practice, 29(8), 16-19. https://www.aota.org/publications/ot-practice/ot-practice-issues/2024/tiny-triumphs-ots-impact-on-neonatal-feeding-milestones-for-infants-with-hie
Strotman, B. (2023, October 20-21). The role of occupational therapy in transitioning veterans into civilian life [Poster presentation]. Ohio Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference. Toledo, OH, United States.
Tunningley, J., Morress, C., Lopez, K., & Hart, B. (2023, April 20-23). Bridging toward independence: Smart home living for adults with developmental disabilities [Conference session]. American Occupational Therapy Association: Inspire. Kansas City, MO, United States.
Tunningley, J. M., Zucchero, R. A., & Hooker, E. A. (2023). Comparing quantitative outcomes of synchronous online versus in-person symposium. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 38(1), 113-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2023.2241506
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